The Grandissimes: A Story of Creole Life is a novel by George Washington Cable, published as a book in 1880 by Charles Scribner's Sons after appearing as a serial in Scribner's.[1][2] The historical romance depicts race and class relations in New Orleans at the start of the 19th century, immediately following the Louisiana Purchase in 1803.[3] The book examines the lives and loves of the extended Grandissime family, which includes members from different races and classes in Creole society.[4] The novel juxtaposes a romanticized version of the French Creole culture with the atrocities committed under the European-American system of slavery in the United States.[5]
- ^ Richardson TJ, ed. (1981). The Grandissimes: Centennial essays. University Press of Mississippi, ISBN 0-87805-149-X
- ^ Lauter P, ed. (2002). The Heath Anthology of American Literature, Volume C: Late Nineteenth Century: 1865-1910, Volume 3. p. 379 ff.Cengage Learning,, ISBN 978-0-547-20166-5
- ^ Pizer D, Harbert EN, eds. (1982). Dictionary of Literary Biography: American Realists and Naturalists. Gale Research Company, ISBN 978-0-8103-1149-7
- ^ Rubin LD (1966). Writers of the Modern South: The Faraway Country. University of Washington Press, ASIN B00128IG4G
- ^ Magill FN, Mazzeno LW, eds. (1996). "The Grandissimes: A Story of Creole Life," in Masterplots: 1,801 plot stories and critical evaluations of the world's finest literature, Volume 5, pp. 2624 ff. Salem Press, ISBN 978-0-89356-089-8
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