Georges (The Modern Library)

xxv, 304 pp. A new translation by Tina A. Kover. Edited with an introduction and notes by Werner Sollors. Foreword by Jamaica Kincaid. 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.