# Calixta — Short Fiction character guide

> Calixta in Short Fiction by Kate Chopin.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** little Calixta

**First appearance:** 0029-at-the-cadian-ball

## Snapshot

A Spanish-blooded 'Cadian beauty whose drowsy blue eyes and Satan-taught voice make sensible men forget the women they ought to marry.

## Who they are

Calixta is the little vixen of the prairie, forgiven her scandals because the Spanish runs in her blood and the old men shrug, 'Bon chien tient de race.' She has quarreled and slapped Fronie on the church steps, and a whisper from Assumption still clings to her name. Bobinôt loves her hopelessly, but the arrival of Alcée Laballière at the ball is what truly sets her restless, tantalizing nature in motion.

## In the story

### [At the ’Cadian Ball](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_33_se/chapters/at-the-cadian-ball)

The vivacious Spanish-descended woman at the center of the ball, flirting with Alcée and drawing the attention of Bobinôt.

### [Caline](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_33_se/chapters/caline)

The protagonist, a young Acadian girl who is awakened by a train and later moves to the city.

## Links

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