James Branch Cabell: 54 books

Book cover of The Certain Hour
by James Branch Cabell
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2011

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Book cover of The High Place
by James Branch Cabell
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2015

"In the sulphurous The High Place, the amoral hero Florian enters the sleeping-beauty story and (unlike Jurgen with Helen) does not draw back at the sight of excessive beauty. Complications ensue: Beauty is realistically diminished during pregnancy, the first-born child is forfeit to Satan under...
Book cover of The Eagle's Shadow
by James Branch Cabell
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

Book cover of Domnei: (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

Domnei: (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

A Comedy of Woman-Worship

by James Branch Cabell
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2011

This 1913 novel, set in the mythical kingdom of Poictesme, concerns an outlaw named Perion who falls in love with Lady Melicent, the sister of a prominent count.  When Perion is captured by the heathen warlord Domnei, Melicent sets out to win his freedom.
Book cover of Gallantry
by James Branch Cabell
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

Book cover of Jurgen
by James Branch Cabell
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2012

A middle-aged pawnbroker-poet is allowed to regain his youth for a year of amorous adventures in this compelling fantasy. Filled with strange beasts, alien gods, fabulous lands, beautiful ladies, and an aura of the supernatural, Cabel's allegory leads its hero through affairs with Guenevere and the...
Book cover of Domnei

Domnei

A Comedy of Woman Worship

by James Branch Cabell
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2016

A strangely written tale of woman worship.
Book cover of Jurgen

Jurgen

A Comedy of Justice

by James Branch Cabell
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2014

The darkly comic allegory Jurgen caused quite a stir when it was originally published, with several jurisdictions deeming it obscene and calling for it to be pulled from store shelves. After his wife mysteriously vanishes, middle-aged pawnbroker Jurgen sets off on a not-so-heroic quest to find her, traveling through a series of strange lands in the process.
Book cover of Gallantry (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)
by James Branch Cabell
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2011

This 1907 novel is set during the reign of George II of England.  Against a backdrop of intrigue and betrayal, England and France fence for advantage through such intermediaries of flesh and blood as Lady Allonby and her daughter, Dorothy, the Duke of Ormskirk, and the nefarious French nobleman, the duc de Puysange.
Book cover of The Rivet In Grandfather's Neck
by James Branch Cabell
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

Book cover of Domnei
by James Branch Cabell
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2014

The sumptuous adventures of Perion, an outlaw wrongly accused of murdering a king. While taking refuge by masquerading as a prominent vicomte, Perion falls hopelessly in love with Lady Melicent, the count's sister, who in turn helps Perion escape his pursuers -- only to have his ship waylaid by thugs...
Book cover of The Certain Hour
by James Branch Cabell
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

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