... age (Kimbel 90). Among her early literary influences were the nuns from the school she attended. As one critic points out, "The nuns taught Kate to live a life of the mind as well as the life of the home" ("Kate" 3). As Chopin grew older, she was exposed to the works of the popular French author Guy de Maupassant. Both of these authors have been critically compared because of their strong similarities in style ... St. Louis, where she learned of her mother's death. Chopin was emotionally disturbed by the deaths in her family, but in result her work continued to improve. These improvemen...

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