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The Grandissimes: A Story of Creole Life

George W. Cable · 1880

Original text in English.

Fifteen years after the Civil War, this novel goes back to the time of the Louisiana Purchase to show a Creole society held together by colour lines.

Novel · 61 parts · about 112 000 words · about 8 h 05 of reading

Contents

1. IMASKED BATTERIES10 min
2. IITHE FATE OF THE IMMIGRANT10 min
3. III"AND WHO IS MY NEIGHBOR?"3 min
4. IVFAMILY TREES12 min
5. VA MAIDEN WHO WILL NOT MARRY7 min
6. VILOST OPPORTUNITIES6 min
7. VIIWAS IT HONORÉ GRANDISSIME?10 min
8. VIIISIGNED--HONORÉ GRANDISSIME3 min
9. IXILLUSTRATING THE TRACTIVE POWER OF BASIL8 min
10. X"OO DAD IS, 'SIEUR FROWENFEL'?"5 min
11. XISUDDEN FLASHES OF LIGHT4 min
12. XIITHE PHILOSOPHE7 min
13. XIIIA CALL FROM THE RENT-SPECTRE12 min
14. XIVBEFORE SUNSET9 min
15. XVROLLED IN THE DUST20 min
16. XVISTARLIGHT IN THE RUE CHARTRES4 min
17. XVIITHAT NIGHT14 min
18. XVIIINEW LIGHT UPON DARK PLACES13 min
19. XIXART AND COMMERCE10 min
20. XXA VERY NATURAL MISTAKE12 min
21. XXIDOCTOR KEENE RECOVERS HIS BULLET3 min
22. XXIIWARS WITHIN THE BREAST5 min
23. XXIIIFROWENFELD KEEPS HIS APPOINTMENT5 min
24. XXIVFROWENFELD MAKES AN ARGUMENT12 min
25. XXVAURORA AS A HISTORIAN5 min
26. XXVIA RIDE AND A RESCUE12 min
27. XXVIITHE FÊTE DE GRANDPÈRE19 min
28. XXVIIITHE STORY OF BRAS-COUPÉ23 min
29. XXIXTHE STORY OF BRAS-COUPÉ, CONTINUED18 min
30. XXXPARALYSIS7 min
31. XXXIANOTHER WOUND IN A NEW PLACE4 min
32. XXXIIINTERRUPTED PRELIMINARIES2 min
33. XXXIIIUNKINDEST CUT OF ALL3 min
34. XXXIVCLOTILDE AS A SURGEON7 min
35. XXXV"FO' WAD YOU CRYNE?"4 min
36. XXXVIAURORA'S LAST PICAYUNE7 min
37. XXXVIIHONORÉ MAKES SOME CONFESSIONS9 min
38. XXXVIIITESTS OF FRIENDSHIP12 min
39. XXXIXLOUISIANA STATES HER WANTS5 min
40. XLFROWENFELD FINDS SYLVESTRE9 min
41. XLITO COME TO THE POINT10 min
42. XLIIAN INHERITANCE OF WRONG8 min
43. XLIIITHE EAGLE VISITS THE DOVES IN THEIR NEST13 min
44. XLIVBAD FOR CHARLIE KEENE3 min
45. XLVMORE REPARATION4 min
46. XLVITHE PIQUE-EN-TERRE LOSES ONE OF HER CREW10 min
47. XLVIITHE NEWS2 min
48. XLVIIIAN INDIGNANT FAMILY AND A SMASHED SHOP10 min
49. XLIXOVER THE NEW STORE5 min
50. LA PROPOSAL OF MARRIAGE7 min
51. LIBUSINESS CHANGES5 min
52. LIILOVE LIES A-BLEEDING7 min
53. LIIIFROWENFELD AT THE GRANDISSIME MANSION8 min
54. LIV"CAULDRON BUBBLE"3 min
55. LVCAUGHT8 min
56. LVIBLOOD FOR A BLOW7 min
57. LVIIVOUDOU CURED6 min
58. LVIIIDYING WORDS6 min
59. LIXWHERE SOME CREOLE MONEY GOES4 min
60. LX"ALL RIGHT"5 min
61. LXI"NO!"5 min

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