Georges, Or, the Isle of France - Alexandre Dumas • BookLikes (ISBN:1152925407)

Georges, Or, the Isle of France

by: Alexandre Dumas (author)

Alexandre Dumas,Paperback, English-language edition,Pub by General Books

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Format: paperback

ISBN: 9781152925403 (1152925407)

Publish date: January 10th 2010

Publisher: General Books

Pages no: 384

Edition language: English

Category:

Adventure, Classics, Cultural, Historical Fiction, France

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Interrupting Soliloquy rated it

7 years ago

http://frumious.booklikes.com Interrupting Soliloquy 3.0 Georges

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I dunno. This book is such a complicated morass of internalized racism, straight up racism, and deep insights on racism. I read this book because I've been a long time fan of Dumas, having read Three Musketeers when I was but a tot and being a huge fan of Count of Monte Cristo when I got older. One ...

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Steeped in Science, Submersed in Story rated it

10 years ago

http://angelareisetter.booklikes.com Steeped in Science, Submersed in Story 4.0 Georges (Modern Library)

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This is a really complicated, moment-in-history (and moment in an individual author's understanding) look at race in French/English sociey in a colony (Mauritius, although it's pretty generic -- Dumas had never been there). It's very messy. Georges is a superior human being, a mulatto who is of su...

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Uncertain, Fugitive, Half-fabulous rated it

17 years ago

http://elijahkinchspector.booklikes.com Uncertain, Fugitive, Half-fabulous 4.0

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Dumas' only book that deals with issues of race in a straightforward, and at the time somewhat unprecedented, way. I talk a bit about it here http://abouttocharge.wordpress.com/2007/07/10/the-planter-of-the-isle-of-france/ but plan to do a more in-depth review in the future, when I finally get this ...

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