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What is the title of the 1886 novel by George Washington Cable?

  1. The House of the Seven Gables

  2. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

  3. The Red Badge of Courage

  4. The Grandissimes

The correct answer is: The Grandissimes

The title of George Washington Cable's 1886 novel is "The Grandissimes". The other options listed were not written by George Washington Cable and were published at later dates. "The House of the Seven Gables" was written by Nathaniel Hawthorne and was published in 1851. "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" was written by Mark Twain and was published in 1884. "The Red Badge of Courage" was written by Stephen Crane and was published in 1895. Therefore, "The Grandissimes" is the most accurate answer to the question.