Old Creole Days (Barnes & Noble Digital Library): A Story of Creole Life

by George Washington Cable

Overview

Published in 1879, this collection consists of seven short stories portraying Creole life in New Orleans. While glamorizing an exotic and enticing city, Cable also introduces social satire to round out the picture of this incredibly diverse locale. The stories are notable for their easy humor, lack of sentimentality, and pioneering use of dialect.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781411435728
Publisher:	Barnes & Noble
Publication date:	02/15/2011
Series:	Barnes & Noble Digital Library
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	316
Sales rank:	856,551
File size:	245 KB
Age Range:	3 Months to 18 Years

About the Author

George Washington Cable (1844-1925), after fighting for the Confederacy in the Civil War, wrote about his native Louisiana in realist novels. His anti-racist and pro-civil rights attitudes eventually brought him to the north. Novels such as Old Creole Days, The Grandissimes, and Madame Delphine are often cited as forerunners of the work of William Faulkner.