In-text citation
At the end of Kate Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour,” Mrs. Mallard drops dead upon learning that her husband is alive. In the final irony of the story, doctors report that she has died of a “joy that kills” (176).
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Many literary works, such as most short stories and many novels and plays, do not have parts or line numbers that you can refer to. In such cases, simply cite the page number. Your list of works cited will specify which edition you are using.
Works cited entry
Chopin, Kate. “The Story of an Hour.” Literature and Its Writers: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama, edited by Ann Charters and Samuel Charters, 6th ed., Bedford/St. Martin's, 2013, pp. 174-76.
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