Desiree’s Baby

I liked this story, because it is alive with secrets, irony, and a twist on the O. Henry story Gift of the Magi. In Magi, a husband sells his gold…

In Kate Chopin’s “Desiree’s Baby,” the story begins with Madame Valmonde visiting her daughter, Desiree, and her new baby. She begins to reminisce as how “it seemed but yesterday that…

“Desiree’s Baby”, by Kate Chopin, is the tale of a young woman who, despite the fact that her familial origins are unknown, is adopted as a baby by a prominent…