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Overview

Mrs. Mallard, who has heart trouble, is gently given the news that her husband has been killed in a train accident. Her husband’s acquaintance Richards found out at the newspaper office, confirmed the name, and went to her sister Josephine immediately.

Read this short story by Kate Chopin.

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Credits: The Story of an Hour originally appeared in Vogue, 6 December 1894. Creative Commons.

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