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Buy with confidence, excellent customer service! Old Creole days George Washington Cable George Washington Cable Limited Editions Club, Fine in chipped glassine and slightly worn slipcase.. One of an unstated number of copies -- usually -- signed by the illustrator, the entire edition. Locus Solus Rare Books Published: Fine in chipped glassine and slightly worn slipcase. Cloud 9 Books Condition: Antique look with Golden Leaf Printing and embossing with round Spine completely handmade binding extra customization on request like Color Leather, Colored book, special gold leaf printing etc.

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Hope you will like it and give your comments and suggestions. Normal Hardbound Edition is also available on request. Used book in good condition. Has wear to the cover and pages. Contains some markings such as highlighting and writing. Ex-library with the usual stamps. Argosy Book Store Published: A Fine copy in full red leather with gilt tooling and decorations. Hubbed spine with Moire red linen end papers and silk ribbon page marker.

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But these stories are fascinating, and th Even in the nineteenth century, New Orleans was a subject for nostalgia. But these stories are fascinating, and the sense of place and time is strong; I was in New Orleans a few years ago and I felt as though I could picture many of his settings vividly based on that. I'm looking forward to reading his The Grandissimes.

View all 3 comments. Apr 20, Paul Haspel rated it it was amazing Shelves: Beauregard is a good example of a Louisiana Creole. In both the short story and the novella, the former quadroon mistress has a beautiful daughter who loves, and is loved by, a white man; but the strict racial codes of slaveholding antebellum Louisiana forbid their marriage. But they do want to keep us despised! It is not that the Americans care that Poquelin participated in the moral abomination that was the slave trade; rather, they hope that suspicions of foul play against Jacques will discredit Jean Poquelin and enable the company to go forward with its business plans.

And the imprint of his depiction of New Orleans is still very much in evidence in the modern city. The house is today part of the Louisiana State Museum, and more information about it can be found at http: Jan 29, Humphrey rated it liked it. Half of these stories are quite good, while the other half are a bit forgettable. That said, all of the stories exhibit the qualities and techniques that make Cable's prose so good. Chief among these are plots that advance in fits and starts with lots of backfill yet always with ambiguities and unanswered questions.

These stories also frequently play with color, blurring and juxtaposing them in turn, and they frequently turn to gossip, rumor, and hearsay as an epistemological mode. Not unlike hi Half of these stories are quite good, while the other half are a bit forgettable. Not unlike his novels, Cable occupies several different genres over the course of the collection and, at times, within individual stories. I would say that the best stories here are the haunting "Belles Demoiselles Plantation," the enigmatic "Cafe Des Exiles," and of course Cable's deservedly best-known story about interracial marriage, Catholicism, and New Orleans' transition into the republic: I read this one in the summer during my high school years.

Having no real familiarity with New Orleans, it was quite exotic but also intriguing. It gave glimpses into the life and mores of midth century New Orleans which I appreciated, given my passion for history.

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I enjoyed this book, but sometimes it was hard to follow with the dialect. Great story and history of the Creoles in old New Orleans and a nice collection of short stories.


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A fantastic collection of short stories by Cable, who delves into the realities of race, class, and the creation of American nationality in Early Republic Louisiana. Dec 27, Eileen Tsai rated it it was amazing. Jan 05, Jeremy rated it liked it. This is a collection of stories from George W Cable originally published in and reproduced using the same type face.

I suspect that most of the originals of this book would have been lost to the floods after hurricane Katrina so re-publication has to be a good thing. The stories provide a fascinating insight to the society of New Orleans at the time with the segregation of communities that existed - if not overtly then due to the rankings and strata's of society - as well as painting a prose This is a collection of stories from George W Cable originally published in and reproduced using the same type face.

The stories provide a fascinating insight to the society of New Orleans at the time with the segregation of communities that existed - if not overtly then due to the rankings and strata's of society - as well as painting a prose picture of the French Quarter and the way new Orleans grew rapidly into the surrounding swamp area during the 's see "Jean-ah Poquelin" for a lovely account of this. George Cable uses Creole patios and spells the Creole words phonetically that is how they sound so reading these stories takes some degree of effort.

Effort to understand what the Creole are saying and effort to stay with the story due to the story telling style. Fortunately the French is written in English and the stories are quite short or I would really be lost! A valuable book from an academic perspective and one or two of the stories are quite rewarding - "Madame Delicieuse" for example is very entertaining and "Posson Jone" Parson - as in vicar is a good read.

Short stories set in old New Orleans. Some of the stories were not so interesting to me, but you could definitely feel the flavor of the city and people with their language. The stories about the quadroons and other issues of race were pretty good. You get a sense of how the folks thought and how the laws affected the people and how they mixed. The vernacular was well represented and it sounds like you would hear a native speak today. Book was a series of stories taking place in New Orleans before the civil war.

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The author created some very good characters, all being Mulattos , but the stories did not have endings it seemed to me. He was obsessed with the laws against mixed marriages and the hiding of ones racial makeup. Apr 26, Rick rated it really liked it. It is an interesting book written in dialect, especially Creole patois. I found this manner difficult, in that I was distracted by the dialect.

The stories are interesting and give a sense of New Orleans in the early 19th century. Colorful dialogue, scenery in New Orleans in late 19C. Feb 24, Seth rated it it was amazing. The story "Cafe des Exiles", and this collection of stories in general, makes me miss New Orleans terribly It made for confusing reading. Wendy DeWachter rated it liked it Dec 07,