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''The Grandissimes: A Story of Creole Life'' is a novel by George Washington Cable, published as a book in 1880 by Charles Scribner's Sons after appearing as a serial in ''Scribner's''.〔Richardson TJ, ed. (1981). ''The Grandissimes: Centennial essays.'' University Press of Mississippi, ISBN 0-87805-149-X〕〔Lauter P, ed. (2002). ''The Heath Anthology of American Literature, Volume C: Late Nineteenth Century: 1865-1910, Volume 3.'' p. 379 ''ff.''Cengage Learning,, ISBN 978-0-547-20166-5〕 The historical romance depicts race and class relations in New Orleans at the start of the 19th century, immediately following the Louisiana Purchase in 1803.〔Pizer D, Harbert EN, eds. (1982). ''Dictionary of Literary Biography: American Realists and Naturalists.'' Gale Research Company, ISBN 978-0-8103-1149-7〕 The book examines the lives and loves of the extended Grandissime family, which includes members from different races and classes in Creole society.〔Rubin LD (1966). ''Writers of the Modern South: The Faraway Country.'' University of Washington Press, ASIN B00128IG4G〕 The novel juxtaposes a romanticized version of the French Creole culture with the atrocities committed under the European-American system of slavery in the United States.〔Magill FN, Mazzeno LW, eds. (1996). "The Grandissimes: A Story of Creole Life," in ''Masterplots: 1,801 plot stories and critical evaluations of the world's finest literature, Volume 5'', pp. 2624 ''ff.'' Salem Press, ISBN 978-0-89356-089-8〕 ==Key characters== *Honoré Grandissime, the head of the French/white part of the prominent Grandissime family of New Orleans *Honoré Grandissime, the mulatto half-brother of the white Honoré Grandissime *Joseph Frowenfeld, a Philadelphia native and abolitionist *Agricola Fusilier, Honoré Grandissime's uncle, who seeks to preserve slavery, the foundation of the European Grandissime family's way of life *Aurora Nancanou, a destitute widow whose husband was murdered by Fusilier in a gambling dispute *Palmyre, Aurora Nancanou's slave maid *Bras Coupé, an enslaved African prince on a Spanish Creole plantation, also Palmyre's fiancé 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Grandissimes: A Story of Creole Life」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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