Georges
  • Published: 10 June 2008
  • ISBN: 9780812975895
  • Imprint: Random House US Group
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 336
  • RRP: $35.00
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Georges

  • Alexandre Dumas
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1 May 2007
Paperback
10 Jun 2008
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This lively new translation by Tina Kover of a remarkable rediscovered novel blends Dumas's precient views on race with a rip-roaring tale of heroic deeds, dastardly villains, a beautiful damsel in distress, and a deadly slave uprising on the island of Mauritius.

Long out of print in America, Alexandre Dumas’s most daring narrative is now available in this major new translation by Tina A. Kover. Filled with intrigue, romance, and deadly vengeance, Georges is the story of a wealthy mulatto boy who is driven from his island home by racist landowners. Returning to Mauritius as an accomplished young man, Georges pits his strength against a powerful plantation owner, leading a dramatic slave uprising and claiming the heart of a beautiful white woman. Georges stands apart as the only book by Dumas that explores the potent subject of race.

Praise for Georges:

“A rousing and vivid adventure . . . packed with action and atmosphere.”
–The Columbus Dispatch

“A remarkable discovery . . . We are indebted to Werner Sollors and Jamaica Kincaid for providing us with a critical lens for the journey Dumas has created out of his own generous and expansive imagination.”
–Rudolph P. Byrd, Emory University


“As compelling and relevant today as it was back in the 1840s, when it was first published.”
–Adrienne Kennedy, author of Funnyhouse of a Negro
  • Published: 10 June 2008
  • ISBN: 9780812975895
  • Imprint: Random House US Group
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 336
  • RRP: $35.00
Categories:

Praise for Georges

"A rousing and vivid adventure....packed with action and atmosphere...thrilling...exhilarating." -- The Columbus Dispatch

"As exciting as any swashbuckling Dumas tale. With rope swinging, jail escaping, shark attacking, dueling, slave revolting, battleshipping...and, of course, the ladies, it would be hard to pack more grand escapades into such a short novel." -- American Way Magazine

"Georges is a remarkable discovery that expands the corpus of Alexandre Dumas. Rendered in beautiful language, this is a tale that transports us to a time and place that still speaks to us in our present circumstances." -- Rudolph P. Byrd, Emory University

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