Figures of Earth

Name: Figures of Earth
Author: James Branch Cabell
ISBN: 9781494414764

by James Branch Cabell

✓ ReadPublic DomainBiography of the Life of Manuel

Originally published by Robert M. McBride

Figures of Earth: A Comedy of Appearances (1921) is a fantasy novel or ironic romance by James Branch Cabell, set in the imaginary French province of Poictesme during the first half of the 13th century. The book follows the earthly career of Dom Manuel the Redeemer from his origins as a swineherd, through his elevation to the rank of Count of Poictesme, to his death. It forms the second volume of Cabell's gigantic Biography of the Life of Manuel.

First published 1921382 pages

823.91

Category: Fantasy
Priority: Recommended
Author works: 4
Editions known: 92

Classification

Dewey (DDC): 823.91[Fic]
Library of Congress (LCC): PS3505.A153 F5 1926PS3505.A153PS3505.C10 FiPS3505.A153F5 1921 Fi

Subjects

AmericanComedyFantasyFantasy fictionFictionFiction, fantasy, generalHeroesHumor, generalMedieval CivilizationPoictesme (imaginary place), fictionWit and humor

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ISBN 9781494414764English

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First published1921

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