"And in the afternoon they entered a land - but such a land! A land hung in mourning, darkened by gigantic cypresses, submerged; a land of reptiles, silence, shadow, decay."

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About George Washington Cable

George Washington Cable was an American novelist and essayist known for realistic depictions of Creole life in New Orleans. His notable works include Old Creole Days and The Grandissimes. His writing also criticized racial injustice in the post-Civil War South.

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