What is "georges"

Georges is a short novel by Alexandre Dumas, père set on the island of Mauritius, from 1810 to 1824. This novel is of particular interest to scholars because Dumas reused many of the ideas and plot devices later in The Count of Monte Cristo, and because race and racism are at the center of this novel, and this was a topic on which Dumas, despite his part-African ancestry, rarely wrote. Georges was first published in 1843. It has been republished in English as George; or, the Planter of the Isle of France.

A new translation by Tina Kover, edited by Werner Sollors and with an introduction by Jamaica Kincaid, was published by Random House, Inc./Modern Library in May 2007.

Georges may refer to:

• Georges (name)

Georges was a department store in Melbourne, Australia, established in 1880 and closed in 1995.

Georges store begun as George & George, founded by brothers William and Alfred George. They opened a store at 11-17 Collins Street East in 1883, but the development of the Block Arcade in 1888 saw them move to 162-168 Collins Street (originally 89 Collins Street East). This classical revival style building had been built by David Mitchell for the Equitable Co-operative Society Ltd., and was designed by architects John Grainger and Charles D'Ebro. It was extended through to Little Collins Street, and remodelled in 1887-8 by Albert Purchas.

The store's motto was Quod facimus, Valde facimus (What we do, We do well), as the firm had a philosophy of providing exclusive goods and meticulous service. The firm was taken over by Cox Brothers from 1960–66, and then David Jones Ltd. bought the business in 1981.

Georges, a French name with the same origin as the English name George, may refer to: