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George Washington Cable - The Grandissimes: A Story of Creole Life (1880)

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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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For summer there, bear in mind, is a loitering gossip, that only begins to talk of leaving when September rises to go.

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Born: October 12, 1844
Died: January 31, 1925 (aged 80)
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