Gombo Zhebes: Little Dictionary of Creole Proverbs (English and French Edition)

by Lafcadio Hearn

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Originally published in 1885, Gombo Zhebes is a collection of 352 Creole proverbs selected from 6 dialects. Included are selections from the Creole of French Guyana, the Creole of Haiti, the Creole of New Orleans, the Creole of Martinique, the Creole of Mauritius, and the Creole of Trinidad. The proverbs are translated into French and into English.

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Lafcadio Hearn (1850-1904) was a fiction writer, critic, amateur engraver, and journalist. He wrote extensively about the cultures of Louisiana and is considered the first major Western chronicler of Japanese culture Delia Labarre is an independent scholar of Lafcadio Hearn and Louisiana culture. She lives in Baton Rouge Jefferson Humphries is show more chair of French studies at Louisiana State University show less

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398Society, government, & cultureCustoms, etiquette & folkloreFolklore & Folktales
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PN6519 .C8 .H4Language and LiteratureLiterature (General)Literature (General)Collections of general literatureProverbs
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