The Grandissimes

About this eBook

Author

Cable, George Washington, 1844-1925

Credits

Produced by Suzanne Shell, Charlie Kirschner and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team.

Language

English

LoC Class

PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature

Subject

Creoles -- Fiction

Category

Text

eBook-No.

12280

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/12280

Release Date

May 1, 2004

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE GRANDISSIMES
2. 2.BY GEORGE W. CABLE — WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY ALBERT HERTER — MDCCCXCIX
3. 3.CONTENTS
4. 4.PHOTOGRAVURES
5. 5.CHAPTER I — MASKED BATTERIES
6. 6.CHAPTER II — THE FATE OF THE IMMIGRANT
7. 7.CHAPTER III — "AND WHO IS MY NEIGHBOR?"
8. 8.CHAPTER IV — FAMILY TREES
9. 9.CHAPTER V — A MAIDEN WHO WILL NOT MARRY
10. 10.CHAPTER VI — LOST OPPORTUNITIES
11. 11.CHAPTER VII — WAS IT HONORÉ GRANDISSIME?
12. 12.CHAPTER VIII — SIGNED--HONORÉ GRANDISSIME
13. 13.CHAPTER IX — ILLUSTRATING THE TRACTIVE POWER OF BASIL
14. 14.CHAPTER X — "OO DAD IS, 'SIEUR FROWENFEL'?"
15. 15.CHAPTER XI — SUDDEN FLASHES OF LIGHT
16. 16.CHAPTER XII — THE PHILOSOPHE
17. 17.CHAPTER XIII — A CALL FROM THE RENT-SPECTRE
18. 18.CHAPTER XIV — BEFORE SUNSET
19. 19.CHAPTER XV — ROLLED IN THE DUST
20. 20.CHAPTER XVI — STARLIGHT IN THE RUE CHARTRES
21. 21.CHAPTER XVII — THAT NIGHT
22. 22.CHAPTER XVIII — NEW LIGHT UPON DARK PLACES
23. 23.CHAPTER XIX — ART AND COMMERCE
24. 24.CHAPTER XX — A VERY NATURAL MISTAKE
25. 25.CHAPTER XXI — DOCTOR KEENE RECOVERS HIS BULLET
26. 26.CHAPTER XXII — WARS WITHIN THE BREAST
27. 27.CHAPTER XXIII — FROWENFELD KEEPS HIS APPOINTMENT
28. 28.CHAPTER XXIV — FROWENFELD MAKES AN ARGUMENT
29. 29.CHAPTER XXV — AURORA AS A HISTORIAN
30. 30.CHAPTER XXVI — A RIDE AND A RESCUE
31. 31.CHAPTER XXVII — THE FÊTE DE GRANDPÈRE
32. 32.CHAPTER XXVIII — THE STORY OF BRAS-COUPÉ
33. 33.CHAPTER XXIX — THE STORY OF BRAS-COUPÉ, CONTINUED
34. 34.CHAPTER XXX — PARALYSIS
35. 35.CHAPTER XXXI — ANOTHER WOUND IN A NEW PLACE
36. 36.CHAPTER XXXII — INTERRUPTED PRELIMINARIES
37. 37.CHAPTER XXXIII — UNKINDEST CUT OF ALL
38. 38.CHAPTER XXXIV — CLOTILDE AS A SURGEON
39. 39.CHAPTER XXXV — "FO' WAD YOU CRYNE?"
40. 40.CHAPTER XXXVI — AURORA'S LAST PICAYUNE
41. 41.CHAPTER XXXVII — HONORÉ MAKES SOME CONFESSIONS
42. 42.CHAPTER XXXVIII — TESTS OF FRIENDSHIP
43. 43.CHAPTER XXXIX — LOUISIANA STATES HER WANTS
44. 44.CHAPTER XL — FROWENFELD FINDS SYLVESTRE
45. 45.CHAPTER XLI — TO COME TO THE POINT
46. 46.CHAPTER XLII — AN INHERITANCE OF WRONG
47. 47.CHAPTER XLIII — THE EAGLE VISITS THE DOVES IN THEIR NEST
48. 48.CHAPTER XLIV — BAD FOR CHARLIE KEENE
49. 49.CHAPTER XLV — MORE REPARATION
50. 50.CHAPTER XLVI — THE PIQUE-EN-TERRE LOSES ONE OF HER CREW
51. 51.CHAPTER XLVII — THE NEWS
52. 52.CHAPTER XLVIII — AN INDIGNANT FAMILY AND A SMASHED SHOP
53. 53.CHAPTER XLIX — OVER THE NEW STORE
54. 54.CHAPTER L — A PROPOSAL OF MARRIAGE
55. 55.CHAPTER LI — BUSINESS CHANGES
56. 56.CHAPTER LII — LOVE LIES A-BLEEDING
57. 57.CHAPTER LIII — FROWENFELD AT THE GRANDISSIME MANSION
58. 58.CHAPTER LIV — "CAULDRON BUBBLE"
59. 59.CHAPTER LV — CAUGHT
60. 60.CHAPTER LVI — BLOOD FOR A BLOW
61. 61.CHAPTER LVII — VOUDOU CURED
62. 62.CHAPTER LVIII — DYING WORDS
63. 63.CHAPTER LIX — WHERE SOME CREOLE MONEY GOES
64. 64.CHAPTER LX — "ALL RIGHT"
65. 65.CHAPTER LXI — "NO!"

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