‘An Idle Fellow’ by Kate Chopin: Short Story Analysis ‘An Idle Fellow’ is an almost surreal short story or scrap with hidden symbology penned in 1894 or thereabout by American feminist writer Kate Chopin. It tries to reinforce the idea that books and knowledge from books is not true wisdom. To understand the world we live in, Kate Chopin wishes us to get back to observing … [Read more...] about ‘An Idle Fellow’ by Kate Chopin: Short Story Analysis