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The Mysteries of New Orleans / by Baron Ludwig von Reizenstein ; translated and edited by Steven Rowan.
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Ebscohost Ebooks University Press Collection (North America)- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Reizenstein, Ludwig von, 1826-1885.
- Series:
- Longfellow series of American languages and literatures.
- The Longfellow series of American languages and literatures
- Standardized Title:
- Geheimnisse von New Orleans. English
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- German Americans--Louisiana--New Orleans--History--Fiction.
- New Orleans (La.)--History--Fiction.
- United States--History--1849-1877--Fiction.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxxiii, 559 pages) : illustrations, map
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2002.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This edition marks the first time that The Mysteries of New Orleans has been translated into English and proves that 150 years later, this vast, strange, and important novel remains as compelling as ever.
- Contents:
- Contents; Preface and Acknowledgments; Introduction; Memoranda; Prologue; Book I; Chapter 1 Lucy Wilson; Chapter 2 The Masquerade; Chapter 3 Two Sisters; Chapter 4 A Night after the Honeymoon; Chapter 5 A Welcome Guest; Chapter 6 Don Juan in Hell; Chapter 7 Parasina Brulard-Hotchkiss; Chapter 8 An Intermezzo and Further Events at Madame Brulard's; Chapter 9 The Southern Cross; Chapter10 Mantis Religiosa; Chapter11 The Negro Family; Chapter12 Sulla; Chapter13 The Manuscript; Book II; Chapter 1 Jenny and Frida; Chapter 2 Far Away; Chapter 3 The Assault on Looking-Glass Prairie
- Chapter 4 Gretchen in the Bush; Chapter 5 Unexpected; Chapter 6 Searching for a Bride; Chapter 7 Lesbian Love; Chapter 8 Albert; Book III; Dedicated to the Creole Marie Lolet te Bloodword; Chapter 1 One Year Later; Chapter 2 Under the Live Oaks; Chapter 3 The Coffee Pickers; Chapter 4 The Prince of Wurt temberg; Chapter 5 Aunty Celestine; Chapter 6 Corybantic Fits; Chapter 7 In the Hamburg Mill; Chapter 8 Clubmen of the 99th and 100th Degree; Chapter 9 Under the Bed; Paralipomena; Book IV; Prologue The Fata Morgana of the South; Chapter 1 Angel and Genius; Chapter 2 On the Flight to Nineveh
- Chapter 3 Interludes; Chapter 4 A Parrot in Cupid's Service; Chapter 5 A Letter from the West, or, The Voice of a Friend from Highland; Chapter 6 The Confession; Chapter 7 Complications and Revelations; Chapter 8 One Night in the Life of a Young Woman; Book V; Prologue The Criminals' Dock on the Mesa; Chapter 1 Red Today, Dead Tomorrow; Chapter 2 The Nurse; Chapter 3 How It Happened; Chapter 4 The Reunion; Chapter 5 The Journey to the Place of Execution; Epilogue; Notes
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 539-559).
- ISBN:
- 0-8018-7769-5
- OCLC:
- 923191439
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