The Cords of Vanity: A Comedy of Shirking

by James Branch Cabell

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1513295802
• ISBN13: 9781513295800
• Release Date: August 2021
• Publisher: Mint Editions
• Length: 242 Pages
• Weight: 0.59 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.0" x 8.0"