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In a novel set in this state, an anti-abolitionist named Agricola Fusilier is stabbed by one of the title family. George Washington Cable used this state as the setting of his novel The Grandissimes. (10[1])A story set in this state ends with Armand discovering (10[1])a letter (10[3])from (10[1])his mother (10[4])revealing his (10[5])part-Black (10[3])ancestry. (10[9]-5[2])While her husband (10[1]-5[1])Léonce (10[1]-5[1])is away on (10[1])business, (10[8])a character in this state (-5[1])drowns (10[2])herself (10[3])after (10[4])Robert (10[6])Lebrun (10[7]-5[2])confesses (10[2])his (10[2])love (-5[1])for her. (10[6])“Désirée’s Baby” (10[1])takes place in this (10[1])state, (10[2])in which a novel centering on Edna Pontellier is also (10[1])set. (10[2])For 10 points, (10[1])what state is the setting of The Awakening (-5[1])by Kate (10[1])Chopin (10[2])(“shoh-PAN”), whose (10[1])writing (10[1])often draws on her Creole (10[2]-5[1])heritage? (10[3])■END■ (10[23]0[2])

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