James Branch Cabell is the thirteenth installment in his
Biography of the Life of Manuel series.
Robert Etheridge Townsend is an arrogant young man from a prominent wealthy family (he is the great-grandson of Jurgen of Poictesme). As a teenager, he falls in love with Stella, beginning the first of many love affairs. Townsend’s vanity allows him to proceed through these love affairs with disregard for the women who are the objects of his “affection.” As the years pass,..." data-title="Книга The Cords of Vanity">