This is the first illustrated edition of Cables novel the Grandissimes, set in 1803, the first modern novel to deal honestly with racial complexities in the South and with the transitional Creole society in which the such racial questions arose .Cable was notable for the realism of his portrayals of Creole life in his native New Orleans, Louisiana. He has been called "the most important southern artist working in the late 19th century", as well as "the first modern Southern writer. He also wrote articles critical of contemporary society. Due to hostility against him after two 1885 essays enco... View More...
