There she finds a pair of silk stockings for sale and is entranced by their smoothness. Sommers rests at counter where she will begin her shopping adventure. Sommers had been before her marriage a wealthy woman, but now "needs of the present absorbed her every faculty."Īn exhausted Mrs. After a few days of reflection, she decides to use the money to purchase clothing for her children so they may look "fresh and dainty and new for once in their lives." That narrative suggests that Mrs. Sommers comes into the small fortune of $15. Sommers who, rather than spending a windfall on her children, chooses instead to fund an afternoon of indulgence with it. Published in 1897, the story follows Mrs. A Pair of Silk Stockings is a short story written by Kate Chopin.
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