A story of creole life.

A story of creole life. Thatshe owned her home, and that it had been given her by the then deceasedcompanion of her days of beauty, were facts so generally admitted as tobe, even as far back as that sixty years ago, no longer a subject ofgossip. She was never pointed out by the denizens of the quarter as acharacter, nor her house as a "feature. It would have passed all Creolepowers of guessing to divine what you could find worthy of inquiryconcerning a retired quadroon woman; and not the least puzzled of allwould have been the timid and restive Madame Delphine herself.

He was but a stripling when his father left him thisinheritance, and has grown old and wrinkled and brown, a sort ofperiodically animate mummy, in the business. He smokes cascarilla, wearsvelveteen, and is as punctual as an executioner

George Washington Cable (October 12, 1844 – January 31, 1925) was an American novelist notable for the realism of his portrayals of Creole life in his native New Orleans, Louisiana.

George Washington Cable (October 12, 1844 – January 31, 1925) was an American novelist notable for the realism of his portrayals of Creole life in his native New Orleans, Louisiana. He has been called "the most important southern artist working in the late 19th century", as well as "the first modern southern writer. In his treatment of racism, mixed-race families and miscegenation, his fiction has been thought to anticipate that of William Faulkner.

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Originally published in 1879, Old Creole Days catapulted Cable to national recognition. George Washington Cable wrote a goodly number of stories. This book covers a number of situations that are apparently real. The stories within reflect the everyday life of the New Orleans Creoles through a mixture of humor and the unique Creole patois. At least one of the stories was covered in another book I had already read but the rest were new and interesting.

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You can also read the full text online using our ereader. Beneath the romantic surface of these Creole stories lies a scathing social satire that explores the problems of racially and culturally diverse antebellum New Orleans. Adventure, love, misfortune - Cable offers an enchanting view into an exotic and alluring southern society. e furniture of the room substantial, made of fine wood, and carved just enough to give the notion of wrinkling pleasantry. George Washington Cable was an American novelist notable for the realism of his portrayals of Creole life in his native New Orleans, Louisiana. How is this book unique? Font adjustments & biography included Unabridged (100% Original content) Illustrated About Strange True Stories Of Louisiana by George Washington Cable George Washington Cable (October 12, 1844 – January 31, 1925) was an American novelist notable for the realism of his portrayals of Creole life in his native New Orleans, Louisiana. He has been called "the most important southern artist working in the late 19th century, as well as the first modern southern writer.

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