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Georges
A Historical Fiction Novel by Alexandre Dumas
Subgenres:
- Mauritius,
- Race and Identity,
- Colonialism
This book is for you if you're into...
- Historical fiction set on colonial Mauritius
- Stories confronting race, privilege, and belonging head-on
The novel concerns the life of Georges, the son of a wealthy mulatto plantation owner named Pierre Munier, on Mauritius. While part-black, Georges is very light-skinned, if not white.
As a child, he witnesses the British invasion of Isle de France. Because Georges's father is a mulatto, the other plantation owners refuse to let him fight alongside them. Instead, Georges's father leads the blacks and delivers a crushing blow against a British column. Refusing to acknowledge that a man of colour saved them, Monsieur de Malmédie and the other white plantation owners ignore the accomplishment.
Monsieur de Malmédie's son Henri mocks Georges because of this, resulting in a fight between the two. Afterward, worried about any retaliation from Monsieur de Malmédie, Georges's father sends Georges and his older brother to Europe to be educated.
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