Books written by James Branch Cabell

Smith: The Nightmare Has Triplets

All this he said at a time when Mr. Smith sat alone with Tana, in Mr. Smith's home, at the deep midst of the charmed forest of Branlon, whither no one of his sons had ever penetrated. And Mr. Smith, through the long while that he talked ...
Hamlet Had an Uncle: A Comedy of Honor

Cabell had incubated a Shakespeare satire for decades, and based his tale on the Saxo Grammaticus, an epic saga that recounts the story of the mythic Hamlet.
Delphi Collected Works of James Branch Cabell (Illustrated)

cried Roger, with a gulp of relief, “it is only the French dancing-master taking French leave of poor cousin Hugh! Man, but you startled me! ... It is a good sword, this, — a sharp sword, is it not? Ah, the poor arm — but see, ...
The Essential James Branch Cabell Collection

It would even explain Corinna and Herrick's rapt living without any human ties. For all poets since the time of AEschylus, who could not write until he was too drunken to walk, have been most readily seduced by whatever stimulus most ...
The Cream of the Jest

Then, also, I have a volume of Herrick from Kennaston's library with curious comments penciled therein, relative to Lovers How They Come and Part and His Mistress Calling Him to Elysium; a copy of Marlowe's Tragical History of Doctor ...
The Certain Hour

In this collection, Cabell imagines the lives of some of history’s greatest poets, including Alexander Pope and Robert Herrick. A Certain Hour is a collection of stories by James Branch Cabell.
Jurgen

Witty, compelling fantasy recounts a time-traveler's adventures through a supernatural dreamscape, his romances with famous women, and his confrontations with God and the Devil. Thirteen full-page illustrations by Frank C. Papé.
Jurgen, a Comedy of Justice Illustrated

Cabell's work is recognized as a landmark in the creation of the comic fantasy novel, influencing Terry Pratchett and many others.
Jurgen A Comedy of Justice Annotated

Robert A. Heinlein consciously patterned his best-known novel, Stranger in a Strange Land, after Jurgen, and Cabell's influence is also evident in the titles and themes of at least two other novels by Heinlein: his long-unpublished first ...
The Cords of Vanity: A Comedy of Shirking

The Cords of Vanity follows the travails of a troubled protagonist whose creative aspirations slowly begin to tear him apart.
The Line of Love

With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of James Branch Cabell’s The Line of Love is a classic of fantasy and romance reimagined for modern readers.
Smire: The Nightmare Has Triplets

" Cabell's] most substantial post-Biography fantasy was "The Nightmare Has Triplets," a sequence comprising Smirt: An Urban Nightmare, Smith: A Sylvan Interlude, and Smire: An Acceptance in the Third Person.
Smith: The Nightmare Has Triplets

" Cabell's] most substantial post-Biography fantasy was "The Nightmare Has Triplets," a sequence comprising Smirt: An Urban Nightmare, Smith: A Sylvan Interlude, and Smire: An Acceptance in the Third Person.
Delphi Complete Works of James Branch Cabell (Illustrated)

It really seemed, now that Patricia had put an ending to their meetings in the maple-grove, Fate was conspiring to ... objection to this conspiracy, since they had decided that their friendship was to be of a purely platonic nature.
The Rivet in Grandfather's Neck: A Comedy of Limitations

“Ah, my dear, you are the noblest man I have ever known; I wish we women could be like men. But, oh, Jack, Jack, don't be quixotic! I can't give you up, my dear—that would never be for my good. Think how unhappy I have been all these ...
Gallantry

It may have been pointed out before this that there are no undeviating villains in his masques and, as many an indignant reviewer has expostulated, few untarnished heroes. Cabell's, it will be perceived, is a frankly pagan poetry.
Taboo

In this work, written in the style of medieval history, Cabell tells the story of Philistia, a country dedicated to the persecution of all manner of ill-defined vice and taboo.
The Cream of the Jest: A Comedy of Evasions

The Cream of the Jest: A Comedy of Evasions
Cream of the Jest

Cream of the Jest
The Cream of the Jest: A Comedy of Evasions

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.