Does Chopin Try too Hard?

I've been noticing throughout this novel that Kate Chopin goes very in depth with certain situations. Although there is literary assets that can be obtained throughout this novel, she may be adding too much. What I'm trying to explain is that if Chopin is able to cut back on her style of writing, or is able to cut back on the amount she is writing, it would be much simpler to obtain these assets. “At an early hour in the evening the Farival twins were prevailed upon played the piano. They were girls of fourteen, always clad in Virginia’s colors, blue and white, having been dedicated to the Blessed Virgin at their baptism. They played a duet from ‘Zampa’ and at the earnest solicitation of every one present followed it with the over torture to ‘The Poet and the Peasant’”. (Chopin 31). Now there is literary knowledge within this quote. The pieces of music she refers to are quite interesting, but you really have to dig through everything else in order to find these interesting parts. If she was able to cut back on the amount she is writing, the book would become much more interesting.