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Grace Elizabeth King (1851-1932) was an American author of Louisiana stories, history, and biography, and a leader in historical and literary activities. This is a collection of short stories.
"This volume comprises King's journals of 1886-1901, 1904, and 1907-1910. Heidari's introduction discusses what the journals reveal about such topics as the lives of unmarried women in the nineteenth-century South, the ways Victorian families dealt with diseases like alcoholism and depression, and the challenges facing women writers of the period."--BOOK JACKET.
There is much of life passed on the balcony in a country where the summer unrolls in six moon-lengths, and where the nights have to come with a double endowment of vastness and splendor to compensate for the tedious, sun-parched days. And in that country the women love to sit and talk together of summer nights, on balconies, in their vague, loose, white garments, - men are not balcony sitters, - with their sleeping children within easy hearing, the stars breaking the cool darkness, or the moon making a show of light - oh, such a discreet show of light! - through the vines. And the children inside, waking to go from one sleep into another, hear the low, soft mother-voices on the balcony, talk...
Reproduction of the original: Balcony Stories by Grace King
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Set in turn-of-the-century New Orleans, Monsieur Motte is a gripping tale of love, betrayal, and redemption. Grace Elizabeth King weaves together history and fiction, painting a vivid portrait of a city haunted by its past and struggling to find its footing in a rapidly changing world. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.