The Grandissimes : a story of Creole life
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The Grandissimes : a story of Creole life
（Penguin classics）
Penguin Books, 1988
Available at 9 libraries
Note
"First published in the United States of America by Charles Scribner's Sons, 1880"--T.p. verso
Bibliography: p. xxi-xxii
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Description
At the centre of this novel is a story of two lovers from feuding Creole families in early 19th century New Orleans. The romance of "the grandissimes" the masked ball at the beginning of the story, the conversations in patois, the scenes between reluctant but eventually blessed lovers, the colours of the Creole spring and the French quarter helped make George Washington Cable famous in America during the 1880s. But in contrast to the idealized romance is Cable's accurate, unflattering portrait of Creole gentility and his arguments for racial equality.
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