A Pair of Silk Stockings

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‘At night, among the reeds on the bayou, Chicot could still hear the woman’s wail, mingled now with the croaking of the frogs…’From one of the most daring writers of fin-de-siecle America, five stories of awakening that range from Louisiana’s plantations and poverty-stricken bayous to its gilded cities. Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin’s 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics, with books from around the world and across many centuries.