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Paperback. This lively new translation by Tina Kover of a remarkable rediscovered novel blends Dumas's precient views on race with a rip-roaring tale of heroic deeds, dastardly villains, a beautiful damsel in distress, and a deadly slave uprising on the island of Mauritius.Long out of print in America, Alexandre Dumas's most daring narrative is now available in this major new translation by Tina A. Kover. Filled with intrigue, romance, and deadly vengeance, Georges is the story of a wealthy mulatto boy who is driven from his island home by racist landowners. Returning to Mauritius as an accomplished young man, Georges pits his strength against a powerful plantation owner, leading a dramatic slave uprising and claiming the heart of a beautiful white woman. Georges stands apart as the only book by Dumas that explores the potent subject of race.Praise for Georges-"A rousing and vivid adventure . . . packed with action and atmosphere."-The Columbus Dispatch"A remarkable discovery . . . We are indebted to Werner Sollors and Jamaica Kincaid for providing us with a critical lens for the journey Dumas has created out of his own generous and expansive imagination."-Rudolph P. Byrd, Emory University"As compelling and relevant today as it was back in the 1840s, when it was first published."-Adrienne Kennedy, author of Funnyhouse of a Negro A major new translation of a stunning rediscovered novel by Alexandre Dumas, "Georges "is a classic swashbuckling adventure. Brilliantly translated by Tina A. Kover in lively, fluid prose, this is Dumas's most daring work, in which his themes of intrigue and romance are illuminated by the issues of racial prejudice and the profound quest for identity. Georges Munier is a sensitive boy growing up in the nineteenth century on the island of Mauritius. The son of a wealthy mulatto, Pierre Munier, Georges regularly sees how his father's courage is tempered by a sense of inferiority before whites-and Georges vows that he will be different. When Georges matures into a man committed to "moral superiority mixed with physical strength," the stage is set for a conflict with the island's rich and powerful plantation owner, Monsieur de Malmedie, and a forbidden romance with Sara, the beautiful woman engaged to Malmedie's son. Swordplay, a slave rebellion, a harrowing escape, and a vow of vengeance-Georges is unmistakably the work of the master who wrote The Three Musketeers and The Count of Monte Cristo. Yet it stands apart as the only book Dumas ever wrote that confronts the subject of race-a potent topic, since Dumas was of African ancestry himself. This edition also features a captivating Introduction by Jamaica Kincaid and an eloquent Afterword and Notes by Werner Sollors, who addresses key themes such as colonialism, racism, African slavery, and interracial intimacy. Long out of print in America, "Georges" can now be appreciated as never before and added to the greatest works of this immortal author. "From the Hardcover edition." Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
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