Cable George. Old Creole Days

A story of creole life by George W. Cable. 1907. Old New Orleans is truly George Washington Cable’s main character. To be sure, the great Louisiana writer of the late 19th century populates his short stories with fictive personages who possess fascinating characteristics and do interesting things; but what ultimately gives Cable’s work its power is the painstaking accuracy with which he conveys not only the physical locale, but also the spirit, of the fascinating and multicultural city of New Orleans. A Few steps from the St. Charles Hotel, in New Orleans, brings you to and across Canal Street, the central avenue of the city, and to that corner where the flower-women sit at the inner and outer edges of the arcaded sidewalk, and make the air sweet with their fragrant merchandise. The crowd - and if it is near the time of the carnival it will be great - will follow Canal Street.