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The Cords of Vanity - A Comedy of Shirking (Paperback)
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The Cords of Vanity - A Comedy of Shirking (Paperback)
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Loot Price R249
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The Cords of Vanity (1920) is a comic romance novel by James Branch
Cabell. Set in a world where history and fantasy collide, where the
laws of chivalry and honor continue to hold sway in postbellum
South, The Cords of Vanity is included in a series of novels,
essays, and poems known as the Biography of the Life of Manuel. A
man of honor and tradition, Robert Townsend comes from a prominent
family whose wealth and power once depended on its ownership of
slaves. Raised in a fast-changing world, in which the old agrarian
way of life is being replaced in response to growing
industrialization, Robert spends much of his time weaving tall
tales. In dreams only, he lives up to the ideals of his ancestors,
for whom honor was the most important thing of all. Set in a
fictionalized version of Richmond, The Cords of Vanity is a
captivating, hilarious tale of chivalry and romance inspired by the
author's experiences as a young man raised in a family of Southern
aristocrats. Originally written in 1909, before Cabell found
success and infamy with the publication of Jurgen, A Comedy of
Justice (1919), the novel is a fascinating glimpse into the mind of
a young writer hungry for critical acclaim. Cabell's work has long
been described as escapist, his novels and stories derided as
fantastic and obsessive recreations of a world lost long ago. To
read The Cords of Vanity, however, is to understand that the issues
therein-the struggle for power, the unspoken distance between men
and women-were vastly important not only at the time of its
publication, but in our own, divisive world. With a beautifully
designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition
of James Branch Cabell's The Cords of Vanity is a classic of
fantasy and romance reimagined for modern readers.
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