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Figures of Earth
章节(48)
- Epigraph 0:00
- Dedication 0:09
- A Foreword 0:24
- Part I: The Book of Credit 9:42
- I: How Manuel Left the Mire 10:14
- II: Niafer 21:57
- III: Ascent of Vraidex 32:30
- IV: In the Doubtful Palace 41:00
- V: The Eternal Ambuscade 1:07:36
- VI: Economics of Math 1:19:21
- VII: The Crown of Wisdom 1:26:05
- VIII: The Halo of Holiness 1:36:57
- IX: The Feather of Love 1:49:08
- Part II: The Book of Spending 2:07:31
- X: Alianora 2:08:00
- XI: Magic of the Apsarasas 2:19:44
- XII: Ice and Iron 2:32:15
- XIII: What Helmas Directed 2:46:44
- XIV: They Duel on Morven 2:55:23
- XV: Bandages for the Victor 3:17:18
- Part III: The Book of Cast Accounts 3:25:15
- XVI: Freydis 3:25:46
- XVII: Magic of the Image-Makers 3:37:30
- XVIII: Manuel Chooses 3:52:52
- XIX: The Head of Misery 4:01:58
- XX: The Month of Years 4:09:26
- XXI: Touching Repayment 4:20:09
- XXII: Return of Niafer 4:32:57
- XXIII: Manuel Gets His Desire 4:40:27
- XXIV: Three Women 4:52:23
- Part IV: The Book of Surcharge 5:00:25
- XXV: Affairs in Poictesme 5:00:56
- XXVI: Deals with the Stork 5:16:58
- XXVII: They Come to Sargyll 5:31:27
- XXVIII: How Melicent Was Welcomed 5:41:12
- XXIX: Sesphra of the Dreams 5:52:24
- XXX: Farewell to Freydis 6:07:06
- XXXI: Statecraft 6:23:36
- XXXII: The Redemption of Poictesme 6:31:01
- Part V: The Book of Settlement 6:47:15
- XXXIII: Now Manuel Prospers 6:47:41
- XXXIV: Farewell to Alianora 7:00:15
- XXXV: The Troubling Window 7:13:48
- XXXVI: Excursions from Content 7:27:03
- XXXVII: Opinions of Hinzelmann 7:36:15
- XXXVIII: Farewell to Suskind 7:52:53
- XXXIX: The Passing of Manuel 8:00:14
- XL: Colophon 8:20:21
Figures of Earth is the second installment in James Branch Cabell’s Biography of the Life of Manuel, set in the imaginary province of Poictesme.
Young Manuel is a simple, well-liked swineherd who is often seen continually reshaping a small figure he made from the marsh clay from the pool of Haranton. One day, a stranger appears and tells Manuel of an adventure to save the Count of Arnaye’s daughter from a wizard who carried her off to the gray mountain called Vraidex. Manuel accepts this adventure (and many more that follow)—and his life will never be the same.
The book was originally published in 1921 and was dedicated to “six most gallant champions,” each of whom were real persons who came to Cabell’s defense during the legal battle over alleged obscenity in his previous novel, Jurgen.