# The Grandissimes Author: Cable, George Washington, 1844-1925 Genre: Category: Historical Novels Language: English License: Public domain Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/12280 Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+Grandissimes+Cable&tag=cyberlibrar00-20 ## Summary It was in the Théatre St. Philippe (they had laid a temporary floor over the parquette seats) in the city we now call New Orleans, in the month of September, and in the year 1803. Under the twinkle of numberless candles, and in a perfumed air thrilled with the wailing ecstasy of violins, the little Creole capital's proudest and best were offering up the first cool night of the languidly departing summer to the divine Terpsichore. For summer there, bear in mind, is a loitering gossip, that only begins to talk of leaving when September rises to go. It was like hustling her out, it is true, to give a select _bal masqué_ at such a very early--such an amusingly early date; but it was fitting t... ## Chapters - [Chapter 28](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-grandissimes-12280/chapters/28/index.md) - [Chapter 15](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-grandissimes-12280/chapters/15/index.md) - [Chapter 27](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-grandissimes-12280/chapters/27/index.md) - [Chapter 29](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-grandissimes-12280/chapters/29/index.md) - [Chapter 17](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-grandissimes-12280/chapters/17/index.md) - [Chapter 18](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-grandissimes-12280/chapters/18/index.md) - [Chapter 43](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-grandissimes-12280/chapters/43/index.md) - [Chapter 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-grandissimes-12280/chapters/4/index.md) - [Chapter 24](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-grandissimes-12280/chapters/24/index.md) - [Chapter 26](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-grandissimes-12280/chapters/26/index.md) - [Chapter 13](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-grandissimes-12280/chapters/13/index.md) - [Chapter 20](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-grandissimes-12280/chapters/20/index.md) - [Chapter 38](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-grandissimes-12280/chapters/38/index.md) - [Chapter 48](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-grandissimes-12280/chapters/48/index.md) - [Chapter 46](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-grandissimes-12280/chapters/46/index.md) - [Chapter 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-grandissimes-12280/chapters/2/index.md) - [Chapter 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-grandissimes-12280/chapters/7/index.md) - [Chapter 41](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-grandissimes-12280/chapters/41/index.md) - [Chapter 19](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-grandissimes-12280/chapters/19/index.md) - [Chapter 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-grandissimes-12280/chapters/1/index.md) - [Chapter 14](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-grandissimes-12280/chapters/14/index.md) - [Chapter 37](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-grandissimes-12280/chapters/37/index.md) - [Chapter 40](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-grandissimes-12280/chapters/40/index.md) - [Chapter 9](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-grandissimes-12280/chapters/9/index.md) - [Chapter 55](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-grandissimes-12280/chapters/55/index.md) - [Chapter 42](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-grandissimes-12280/chapters/42/index.md) - [Chapter 53](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-grandissimes-12280/chapters/53/index.md) - [Chapter 52](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-grandissimes-12280/chapters/52/index.md) - [Chapter 30](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-grandissimes-12280/chapters/30/index.md) - [Chapter 56](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-grandissimes-12280/chapters/56/index.md) - [Chapter 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-grandissimes-12280/chapters/5/index.md) - [Chapter 36](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-grandissimes-12280/chapters/36/index.md) - [Chapter 12](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-grandissimes-12280/chapters/12/index.md) - [Chapter 34](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-grandissimes-12280/chapters/34/index.md) - [Chapter 50](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-grandissimes-12280/chapters/50/index.md) - [Chapter 57](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-grandissimes-12280/chapters/57/index.md) - [Chapter 58](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-grandissimes-12280/chapters/58/index.md) - [Chapter 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-grandissimes-12280/chapters/6/index.md) - [Chapter 49](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-grandissimes-12280/chapters/49/index.md) - [Chapter 22](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-grandissimes-12280/chapters/22/index.md) - [Chapter 60](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-grandissimes-12280/chapters/60/index.md) - [Chapter 39](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-grandissimes-12280/chapters/39/index.md) - [Chapter 23](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-grandissimes-12280/chapters/23/index.md) - [Chapter 25](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-grandissimes-12280/chapters/25/index.md) - [Chapter 10](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-grandissimes-12280/chapters/10/index.md) - [Chapter 51](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-grandissimes-12280/chapters/51/index.md) - [Chapter 61](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-grandissimes-12280/chapters/61/index.md) - [Chapter 31](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-grandissimes-12280/chapters/31/index.md) - [Chapter 11](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-grandissimes-12280/chapters/11/index.md) - [Chapter 16](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-grandissimes-12280/chapters/16/index.md) - [Chapter 45](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-grandissimes-12280/chapters/45/index.md) - [Chapter 59](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-grandissimes-12280/chapters/59/index.md) - [Chapter 35](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-grandissimes-12280/chapters/35/index.md) - [Chapter 21](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-grandissimes-12280/chapters/21/index.md) - [Chapter 54](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-grandissimes-12280/chapters/54/index.md) - [Chapter 33](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-grandissimes-12280/chapters/33/index.md) - [Chapter 44](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-grandissimes-12280/chapters/44/index.md) - [Chapter 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-grandissimes-12280/chapters/3/index.md) - [Chapter 8](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-grandissimes-12280/chapters/8/index.md) - [Chapter 32](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-grandissimes-12280/chapters/32/index.md) - [Chapter 47](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-grandissimes-12280/chapters/47/index.md)