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The Feast of All Saints is a historical novel by Anne Rice about the free people of color in New Orleans in the 1840s. It follows the story of Marcel, a young man who learns about his African heritage and his family's secrets.
With Robert Ri'chard, Peter Gallagher, Gloria Reuben, Jennifer Beals. Set in nineteenth-century New Orleans, the story depicts the gens de couleur libre, or the Free People of Colour, a dazzling yet damned class caught between the world of white privilege and black oppression.
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- Drama, Romance
- Peter Medak
- 2001-11-11
Jan 1, 2001 · The Feast of All Saints is one of the most beautifully written books I have read. The story focuses on the lives of the gens de colour, free people of color in antebellum New Orleans, who created a rich and highly cultured society in the midst of prejudice and the world of slavery.
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- Paperback
Sep 12, 1986 · The Haitian Revolution, French New Orleans, mystery, love, and revenge all play a part. Anne Rice only wrote one other historical novel "Cry to Heaven" about a castrato opera singer of Renaissance Venice.
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Apr 10, 2008 · Set in nineteenth-century New Orleans, the story depicts the gens de couleur libre, or the Free People of Colour, a dazzling yet damned class caught between the world of...
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- annericesite
The Feast of All Saints. 2001. 3 hr 20 mins. Drama. R. Watchlist. Adaptation of Anne Rice's novel set in 1840s New Orleans tells the tale of a mixed-race freeman...
The film follows the lives of four "free people of color" in Louisiana before the Civil War, based on the novel by Anne Rice. It explores their struggles, friendships, and spirituality in a turbulent time.
