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The Cream of the Jest (Paperback)
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The Cream of the Jest (Paperback)
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The Cream of the Jest (1923) is a novel by James Branch Cabell. Set
in a world where history and fantasy collide, where a lowly
pawnbroker can encounter monsters, gods, and devils, The Cream of
the Jest is one work in a series of novels, essays, and poems known
as the Biography of the Life of Manuel. Partly inspired by the
obscenity trial surrounding his novel Jurgen, a Comedy of Justice,
The Cream of the Jest is a metafictional blend of literary
criticism and fantasy fiction about an author whose sudden fame
shocks his sleepy hometown. To the people of Lichfield, Felix
Kennaston is an unremarkable neighbor whose literary ambitions are
pursued in secrecy and obscurity. While completing a fantasy novel,
he discovers a strange talisman not unlike the one his hero
Horvendile presented to his beloved Ettare. That night, Felix meets
Ettare in a dream, inspiring him to rewrite the story's ending.
When it is published, charges of obscenity threaten to sink his
dreams before they can be realized. But critical attention has the
opposite effect, making Kennaston a bestselling author overnight.
Told from the perspective of Richard Harrowby, a neighbor from
Lichfield, The Cream of the Jest is a fascinating blend of literary
criticism and fantasy that poses important questions about the
divide between fiction and the world we live in. 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 Cream of the Jest, 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 Cream of the Jest is a classic of
fantasy and romance reimagined for modern readers.
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