The Jewel Merchants: A Comedy in One Act (1921) is a comic fantasy
play by James Branch Cabell. Set in a world where history and
fantasy collide, where a loyal Count can rise to defy the Duke he
so diligently serves, The Jewel Merchants: A Comedy in One Act is
included in a series of novels, essays, and poems known as the
Biography of the Life of Manuel. "Am I to be welcomed merely for
the sake of my gems? You were more gracious, you were more
beautifully like your lovely name, on the fortunate day that I
first encountered you ... only six weeks ago, and only yonder,
where the path crosses the highway. But now that I esteem myself
your friend, you greet me like a stranger." Roaming the hills on
the outskirts of Florence, Graciosa, the lovely daughter of
Balthazar Valori, encounters the jewel merchant Guido. Examining
his wares, she is drawn to a magnificent set of pearls intended for
Count Eglamore, a man who informed on her cousin Cibo, a man her
family has sworn an oath to kill. Set in a fictionalized Tuscany of
the Renaissance era, The Jewel Merchants: A Comedy in One Act is a
captivating tale of jealousy, revenge, and the lengths to which a
man will go for love. 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 Jewel Merchants:
A Comedy in One Act, 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 Jewel Merchants: A Comedy in One Act
is a classic of fantasy and romance reimagined for modern readers.
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