

The Line of Love by James Branch Cabell is a novel that explores the complexities of love and relationships through the eyes of the protagonist, Manuel. Manuel is a young man who is torn between his love for his childhood sweetheart, Niafer, and his desire for the beautiful and...


The Line of Love (1913) is a collection of comic fantasy tales by James Branch Cabell. Set in a world where history and fantasy collide, where a lowly swineherd can rise to be Count of Poictesme, The Line of Love is one of Cabell's best-known works of fiction,...



The Line of Love is a novel written by James Branch Cabell, first published in 1905. The story follows the life of a young man named Manuel who is born into a wealthy family in the fictional land of Poictesme. Manuel is a talented musician and artist, but he is also restless...


James Branch Cabell (1879-1958) was an American author of fantasy fiction and belles lettres. He worked from 1898 to 1900 as a newpaper reporter in New York City, but returned to Richmond in 1901, where he worked several months on the staff of the Richmond News. In 1902, seven...

The Line of Love; Dizain des Mariages, has been acknowledged as a major work throughout human history, and we have taken precautions to assure its preservation by republishing this book in a modern manner for both present and future generations. This book has been completely...


"He loved chivalrye, Trouthe and honour, fredom and curteisye. And of his port as meek as is a mayde, He never yet no vileinye ne sayde In al his lyf, unto no maner wight. He was a verray parfit gentil knyght." Introduction The Cabell case belongs to comedy in the grand manner...

The Cabell case belongs to comedy in the grand manner. For fifteen years or more the man wrote and wrote-good stuff, sound stuff, extremely original stuff, often superbly fine stuff-and yet no one in the whole of this vast and incomparable Republic arose to his merit-no one,...

The Line of Love (1913) is a collection of comic fantasy tales by James Branch Cabell. Set in a world where history and fantasy collide, where a lowly swineherd can rise to be Count of Poictesme, The Line of Love is one of Cabell's best-known works of fiction,...

This novel tells the story of Rupert St. Vandermarck, a young man who inherits a vast fortune and seeks to find meaning in his life. Set in New York City in the early 20th century, the book explores the themes of love, money, and identity in a changing society. The author,...


This novel tells the story of Rupert St. Vandermarck, a young man who inherits a vast fortune and seeks to find meaning in his life. Set in New York City in the early 20th century, the book explores the themes of love, money, and identity in a changing society. The author,...

This novel, set in the mythical land of Poictesme, is a romantic and satirical exploration of love across several generations. Cabell weaves a series of interconnected stories, each illustrating the folly, passion, and persistence of love in its many forms. With his characteristic...




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