Chivalry

audiobook

Chivalry

by James Branch Cabell

EN·~5 hours·30 chapters

Chapters

30 total

"'I SING OF DEATH'" Painting by Howard Pyle

0:03

By - James Branch Cabell

0:23

TO Anne Branch Cabell - "AINSI À VOUS, MADAME, À MA TRÈS HAULTE ET TRÈS NOBLE DAME, À QUI J'AYME À DEVOIR ATTACHEMENT ET OBÉISSANCE, J'ENVOYE CE LIVRET."

0:09

Precautional

4:39

Illustrations

0:00

The Prologue

0:29

Chivalry

0:00

The Prologue - À sa Dame

5:14

I. The Story of the Sestina

0:27

The Story of the Sestina

35:49

Description

Step into a world where honor, faith, and devotion to a lady shape every action of a knight. This collection gathers medieval stories, once whispered in courtly halls and now revived with lively illustrations, to show how the ideal of chivalry guided both grand deeds and everyday choices. The narrator, a self‑conscious chronicler from the 15th‑century Burgundian court, offers candid notes on the biases and liberties taken in retelling these age‑old episodes.

Through vivid scenes of tournaments, daring rescues, and the uneasy balance between mercy and vengeance, listeners glimpse the fragile line between noble conduct and human frailty. The tales capture the spirit of an era when a gentleman’s duty to God, honor, and beloved was taken as an unquestioned oath. As the stories unfold, the listener is invited to reflect on how those timeless values still echo in the modern imagination.

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Language

en

Duration

~5 hours (319K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Produced by Al Haines

Release date

2008-08-26

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

James Branch Cabell

James Branch Cabell

1879–1958

Best known for the witty and once-controversial novel Jurgen, this Richmond-born writer built a strange, elegant body of fantasy that mixed satire, romance, and myth. His books were admired by major literary figures of his day and helped give early American fantasy a distinctly playful voice.

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