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I wish more people know about and read Cable -- hes really pretty marvellous. The Grandissimes was written later in the 19th century, but is set in 1805, just as control of Louisiana has been handed over to the United States. The Creole gentry is not very cooperative; they resist, they duel, they make each others lives complicated. The main character, Joseph Frowenfeld (surely that should be spelled Frauenfeld, but nevermind), is a German-American immigrant to New Orleans, who loses his entire family to a cholera outbreak shortly after his arrival. Recovering his health, he opens an apothecary shop and begins to navigate the divide between old and new New Orleans, while retaining his outsiders perspective (anti-slavery, for one thing). For romantic interest, there is a beautiful young widowed mother and her teenaged daughter, struggling with their limited roles in life. (As they are slowly starving to death, the daughter complains that ladies are so limited in what they may do -- class as well as gender -- that she could cook, sew, keep accounts, run a shop, but as a lady of a certain class, she is not permitted. Her mother suggests that if ladies had more options, they would never agree to marry.) There is also a voudoun practitioner with the wonderful name Palmyre la Philosophe. And most importantly, there are two half-brothers, both named Honore de Grandissime -- one a free man of color, and the other a white man. Although the f.m.c. Honore (as the text keeps calling him) doesnt come onstage as often as he might, Cable makes the point that his worth is equal to that of his brother; in one of the books finest moments, the other Honore defies Creole society to affirm this.On the downside, theres awkward dialect (mostly faux-French, or French-speakers-attempting-English), unfortunate stereotypes, and a plot thats a little more meandering and a little less exciting than it could be. But the picture Cable paints of old New Orleans is vivid and fascinating; the story is well ahead of its time in its positions on race, class, and even gender; and more people should absolutely read this book. Also, as a 19th century work thats long out of copyright, its readily available as a free etext.
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