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The Grandissimes

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Original author: George Washington Cable

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"The Grandissimes" by George Washington Cable is a novel published in 1880. Set in New Orleans immediately after the Louisiana Purchase of 1803, the story explores the complex racial and class divisions of Creole society through the extended Grandissime family. When Philadelphia abolitionist Joseph Frowenfeld arrives in the city, his friendship with the white Honoré Grandissime challenges the foundations of their slaveholding world. Romance, violence, and tragedy unfold as characters confront the brutal realities beneath their romanticized culture.

The Grandissimes, by George Washington Cable. Republished by OpenStories from Project Gutenberg eBook #12280.

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62 Chapters

  1. 1.Front Matter580 words
  2. 2.Chapter I: Masked Batteries2,090 words
  3. 3.Chapter II: The Fate of the Immigrant2,256 words
  4. 4.Chapter III: "and Who Is My Neighbor?"690 words
  5. 5.Chapter IV: Family Trees2,759 words
  6. 6.Chapter V: A Maiden Who Will Not Marry1,539 words
  7. 7.Chapter VI: Lost Opportunities1,261 words
  8. 8.Chapter VII: Was It Honoré Grandissime?2,183 words
  9. 9.Chapter VIII: Signed--Honoré Grandissime664 words
  10. 10.Chapter IX: Illustrating the Tractive Power of Basil1,907 words
  11. 11.Chapter X: "oo Dad Is, 'sieur Frowenfel'?"1,026 words
  12. 12.Chapter XI: Sudden Flashes of Light897 words
  13. 13.Chapter XII: The Philosophe1,492 words
  14. 14.Chapter XIII: A Call From the Rent-Spectre2,646 words
  15. 15.Chapter XIV: Before Sunset2,058 words
  16. 16.Chapter XV: Rolled in the Dust4,361 words
  17. 17.Chapter XVI: Starlight in the Rue Chartres887 words
  18. 18.Chapter XVII: That Night3,101 words
  19. 19.Chapter XVIII: New Light Upon Dark Places2,888 words
  20. 20.Chapter XIX: Art and Commerce2,153 words
  21. 21.Chapter XX: A Very Natural Mistake2,603 words
  22. 22.Chapter XXI: Doctor Keene Recovers His Bullet757 words
  23. 23.Chapter XXII: Wars Within the Breast1,202 words
  24. 24.Chapter XXIII: Frowenfeld Keeps His Appointment1,132 words
  25. 25.Chapter XXIV: Frowenfeld Makes an Argument2,650 words
  26. 26.Chapter XXV: Aurora as a Historian1,061 words
  27. 27.Chapter XXVI: A Ride and a Rescue2,630 words
  28. 28.Chapter XXVII: The Fête De Grandpère4,240 words
  29. 29.Chapter XXVIII: The Story of Bras-Coupé5,128 words
  30. 30.Chapter XXIX: The Story of Bras-Coupé, Continued3,954 words
  31. 31.Chapter XXX: Paralysis1,584 words
  1. 32.Chapter XXXI: Another Wound in a New Place957 words
  2. 33.Chapter XXXII: Interrupted Preliminaries556 words
  3. 34.Chapter XXXIII: Unkindest Cut of All742 words
  4. 35.Chapter XXXIV: Clotilde as a Surgeon1,436 words
  5. 36.Chapter XXXV: "fo' Wad You Cryne?"816 words
  6. 37.Chapter XXXVI: Aurora's Last Picayune1,510 words
  7. 38.Chapter XXXVII: Honoré Makes Some Confessions2,002 words
  8. 39.Chapter XXXVIII: Tests of Friendship2,540 words
  9. 40.Chapter XXXIX: Louisiana States Her Wants1,157 words
  10. 41.Chapter XL: Frowenfeld Finds Sylvestre1,994 words
  11. 42.Chapter XLI: To Come to the Point2,187 words
  12. 43.Chapter XLII: An Inheritance of Wrong1,734 words
  13. 44.Chapter XLIII: The Eagle Visits the Doves in Their Nest2,784 words
  14. 45.Chapter XLIV: Bad for Charlie Keene686 words
  15. 46.Chapter XLV: More Reparation903 words
  16. 47.Chapter XLVI: The Pique-En-Terre Loses One of Her Crew2,339 words
  17. 48.Chapter XLVII: The News511 words
  18. 49.Chapter XLVIII: An Indignant Family and a Smashed Shop2,352 words
  19. 50.Chapter XLIX: Over the New Store1,201 words
  20. 51.Chapter L: A Proposal of Marriage1,407 words
  21. 52.Chapter LI: Business Changes1,005 words
  22. 53.Chapter LII: Love Lies A-Bleeding1,606 words
  23. 54.Chapter LIII: Frowenfeld at the Grandissime Mansion1,690 words
  24. 55.Chapter LIV: "cauldron Bubble"774 words
  25. 56.Chapter LV: Caught1,871 words
  26. 57.Chapter LVI: Blood for a Blow1,538 words
  27. 58.Chapter LVII: Voudou Cured1,411 words
  28. 59.Chapter LVIII: Dying Words1,252 words
  29. 60.Chapter LIX: Where Some Creole Money Goes902 words
  30. 61.Chapter LX: "all Right"1,192 words
  31. 62.Chapter LXI: "no!"993 words