Madame Delphine

George Washington Cable (1844–1925) was an American novelist and short story writer, renowned for his depictions of Creole life in his native New Orleans, Louisiana. His writing career blossomed in the late nineteenth century, when he became an influential figure in Southern literature. Cable's best-known work, 'Madame Delphine' (1881), is a novella that delves into issues of racial identities and...