This 1915 novel is set in Virginia in the waning years of the nineteenth century. A marriage between an aristocratic Southern gentleman and the spoiled daughter of a businessman affords Cabell the opportunity, with lapidary grace and gently devastating irony, of skewering the chivalric illusions of the Old South.
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James Branch Cabell (1879-1958) wrote belles lettres and fantasy fiction. Most popular in the 1920s, his escapist literature was well regarded by respected authors of his time. He lived by his quote in The Silver Stallion, ‘The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds; and the pessimist fears this is true.’
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语言 英语 ● 格式 EPUB ● 网页 372 ● ISBN 9781411444348 ● 文件大小 0.3 MB ● 年龄 99-17 年份 ● 出版者 Barnes & Noble ● 发布时间 2011 ● 下载 24 个月 ● 货币 EUR ● ID 8513665 ● 复制保护 Adobe DRM
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