The Cords of Vanity: A Comedy of Shirking

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The Cords of Vanity: A Comedy of Shirking

by James Branch Cabell

EN·~8 hours·8 chapters

Chapters

8 total
1

Produced by Suzanne Shell, Virginia Paque, Anuradha Valsa,

7:27:47
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GABRIELLE BROOKE MONCURE

0:05
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WILSON FOLLETT. - CHESHIRE, CONNECTICUT

0:03
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THE PROLOGUE - I HE SITS OUT A DANCE - II HE LOVES EXTENSIVELY - III HE EARNS A STICK-PIN - IV HE TALKS WITH CHARTERIS - V HE REVISITS FAIRHAVEN AND THE PLAY - VI HE CHATS OVER A HEDGE - VII HE GOES MAD IN A GARDEN - VIII HE DUELS WITH A STUPID WOMAN - IX HE PUTS HIS TONGUE IN HIS CHEEK - X HE SAMPLES NEW EMOTIONS - XI HE POSTURES AMONG CHIMNEY-POTS - XII HE FACES HIMSELF AND REMEMBERS - XIII HE BAITS UPON THE JOURNEY - XIV HE PARTICIPATES IN A BRAVE JEST - XV HE DECIDES TO AMUSE HIMSELF - XVI HE SEEKS FOR COPY - XVII HE PROVIDES COPY - XVIII HE SPENDS AN AFTERNOON IN ARDEN - XIX HE PLAYS THE IMPROVIDENT FOOL - XX HE DINES OUT, IMPEDED BY SUPERSTITIONS - XXI HE IS URGED TO DESERT HIS GALLEY - XXII HE CLEANS THE SLATE - XXIII HE REVILES DESTINY AND CLIMBS A WALL - XXIV HE RECONCILES SENTIMENT AND REASON - XXV HE ADVANCES IN THE ATTACK ON SELWOODE - XXVI HE ASSISTS IN THE DIVERSION OF BIRDS - XXVII HE CALLS, COUNSELS, AND CONSIDERS - XXVIII HE PARTICIPATES IN SUNDRY CONFIDENCES - XXIX HE ALLOWS THE MERITS OF IMPERFECTION - XXX HE GILDS THE WEATHER-VANE - THE EPILOGUE: WHICH SUGGESTS THAT SECOND THOUGHTS— - THE PROLOGUE

1:54
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"DEAR LORD

0:08
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"ROBERT ETHERIDGE TOWNSEND."

12:36
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DEAR ROBERT:

0:52
8

AVIS M. BEECHINOR

46:07

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Introduction by Wilson Follett

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Language

en

Duration

~8 hours (489K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Release date

2006-01-01

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 brought fantasy, satire, and sharp social comedy together in a style that made him a standout voice of the early 20th century. Admired by literary contemporaries such as H. L. Mencken and Sinclair Lewis, he wrote with elegance, irony, and a taste for the absurd.

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