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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455057503321

Autore

Reizenstein Ludwig von <1826-1885.>

Titolo

The Mysteries of New Orleans [[electronic resource] /] / by Baron Ludwig von Reizenstein ; translated and edited by Steven Rowan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2002

ISBN

0-8018-7769-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (600 p.)

Collana

The Longfellow series of American languages and literatures

Altri autori (Persone)

RowanSteven W

Disciplina

833/.7

Soggetti

German Americans - Louisiana - New Orleans - History

Electronic books.

New Orleans (La.) History Fiction

United States History 1849-1877 Fiction

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 539-559).

Nota di contenuto

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 BushChapter 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 Würt 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 InterludesChapter 4 A Parrot in Cupid's Service; Chapter 5 A Let ter 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