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9781587154744

The Cords of Vanity: A Comedy of Shirking

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  • ISBN13:

    9781587154744

  • ISBN10:

    1587154749

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2001-07-01
  • Publisher: Wildside Pr

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Summary

James Branch Cabell (1879-1956) is best known for his tales of the imaginary land of Poictesme, where chivalry and galantry live on. All of Cabell's works from before 1930 (including The Cords of Vanity, an otherwise mainstream novel) were assembled into the grand Biography of the Life of Manuel, the supposed redeemer of the land of Poictesme, and they form a series which follows Manuel and his descendants through the centuries.Cabell has been a favorite author of many famous writers, raniging from Lin Carter to Robert A. Heinlein.THE CORDS OF VANITYIntroduction by Wilson Follett Mr. Cabell gives an airy chronicle of the love affairs of his hero, Robert Townsend, who has adopted infancy as a profession, and never gets out of boyhood. Townsend is also one of the self-hypnotized persons who, in the moment of saying it, believes everything that he says, and thus romances alluringly of himself with no regard to the fetters of fact--"truly a captivating liar. In this higher carelessness all his contradictions and repetitions are merged into a fine unity. By playing

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James Branch Cabell (1879-1956) is best known for his tales of the imaginary land of Poictesme, where chivalry and galantry live on

Table of Contents

The Prologuep. 1
He Sits Out a Dancep. 15
He Loves Extensivelyp. 23
He Earns a Stick-pinp. 33
He Talks With Charterisp. 43
He Revisits Fairhaven and the Playp. 52
He Chats over a Hedgep. 61
He Goes Mad in a Gardenp. 67
He Duels With a Stupid Womanp. 77
He Puts His Tongue in His Cheekp. 86
He Samples New Emotionsp. 100
He Postures Among Chimney-potsp. 112
He Faces Himself and Remembersp. 126
He Baits Upon the Journeyp. 135
He Participates in a Brave Jestp. 145
He Decides to Amuse Himselfp. 152
He Seeks for Copyp. 161
He Provides Copyp. 170
He Spends an Afternoon in Ardenp. 185
He Plays the Improvident Foolp. 198
He Dines Out, Impeded by Superstitionsp. 214
He is Urged to Desert His Galleyp. 226
He Cleans the Slatep. 239
He Reviles Destiny and Climbs a Wallp. 248
He Reconciles Sentiment and Reasonp. 257
He Advances in the Attack on Selwoodep. 267
He Assists in the Diversion of Birdsp. 274
He Calls, Counsels, and Considersp. 282
He Participates in Sundry Confidencesp. 299
He Allows the Merits of Imperfectionp. 311
He Gilds the Weather-vanep. 321
The Epilogue: Which Suggests that Second Thoughtsp. 329
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