The Grandissimes (Cyclopedia of Literary Places)
At a glance:
- Author: George Washington Cable
- First Published: 1880
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Regional
- Time of Work: 1804
- Genres: Long fiction, Regional fiction
- Subjects: Magic or magicians, Racism, Love or romance, Biracial people, South or Southerners, Superstition, Nineteenth century, Social issues, Class consciousness, Creoles, New Orleans, Aristocracy or aristocrats, Pharmacies or pharmacists
- Locales: New Orleans, LA
Places Discussed
*New Orleans. Louisiana’s leading city, located on the Mississippi River near the Gulf of Mexico. New Orleans is essentially an island, surrounded by Lake Pontchartrain to the north; the Mississippi River, which curves in a semicircle around it; and numerous bayous and swamps. Because of its status as the most foreign of all American cities, New Orleans, especially the old French Quarter, in which most of the action of the novel occurs, seems itself a character in the novel. Founded by the French in 1718, the city became part of the United States after the...
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