Bonaventure

by George Washington Cable

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272 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1888

About the author

George Washington Cable was an American novelist notable for the realism of his portrayals of Creole life in his native Louisiana.

Reviews

[Illiterate · Rating 1 out of 5]

Twain said Cable was a literary genius. Twain was famous for his tall tales.

[Jim Jones · Rating 4 out of 5]

I’ve been wanting to read one of George Washington Cable’s books for a while and found this at a thrift store and decided it was a sign. The book is both a romance and a novel of American aspiration. It extols the values of education, hard work, and invention. Most of the main characters are Arcadian (what we would call Cajun), refugees from Canada that settled in the swamplands of Louisiana. They are backwards, unassimilated and poor. The book centers on one schoolteacher’s positive influence on a group of his small town students. The book is a bit old fashioned and the Cajun dialect can be a challenge at times, but I enjoyed this book immensely. It is well written, unsympathetic to the Southern Cause (unusual for a book of this time and place), the characters are well drawn and the plot is tight (it involves lost love, murder, and adventure). I recommend it to anyone who wants to know more about the Cajun culture in the 19th Century.

[Tocotin · Rating 2 out of 5]

Would be quite boring if not for the details of daily life. Don't remember much of the plot though.

[Sylvia Kinnee · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book was rather tedious, however I hope I learned something from it.