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The Cords of Vanity
章节(37)
- Epigraph 0:00
- Dedication 0:11
- An Introduction 0:24
- Epigraph 12:16
- The Prologue 12:31
- Epigraph 27:59
- I: He Sits Out a Dance 28:19
- II: He Loves Extensively 42:46
- III: He Earns a Stickpin 1:01:30
- IV: He Talks with Charteris 1:18:17
- V: He Revisits Fairhaven and the Play 1:34:50
- VI: He Chats Over a Hedge 1:50:44
- VII: He Goes Mad in a Garden 2:01:24
- VIII: He Duels with a Stupid Woman 2:20:57
- IX: He Puts His Tongue in His Cheek 2:37:42
- X: He Samples New Emotions 3:02:44
- XI: He Postures Among Chimney-Pots 3:24:10
- XII: He Faces Himself and Remembers 3:51:22
- XIII: He Baits Upon the Journey 4:09:21
- XIV: He Participates in a Brave Jest 4:27:40
- XV: He Decides to Amuse Himself 4:41:44
- XVI: He Seeks for Copy 4:58:09
- XVII: He Provides Copy 5:14:52
- XVIII: He Spends an Afternoon in Arden 5:42:37
- XIX: He Plays the Improvident Fool 6:05:44
- XX: He Dines Out, Impeded by Superstitions 6:35:45
- XXI: He Is Urged to Desert His Galley 6:57:35
- XXII: He Cleans the Slate 7:20:31
- XXIII: He Reviles Destiny and Climbs a Wall 7:37:13
- XXIV: He Reconciles Sentiment and Reason 7:53:54
- XXV: He Advances in the Attack on Selwoode 8:12:20
- XXVI: He Assists in the Diversion of Birds 8:24:14
- XXVII: He Calls, and Counsels, and Considers 8:38:59
- XXVIII: He Participates in Sundry Confidences 9:10:24
- XXIX: He Allows the Merits of Imperfection 9:33:14
- XXX: He Gilds the Weathervane 9:52:06
- The Epilogue 10:06:17
The Cords of Vanity by 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, he begins to mature, but still struggles to overcome the need to avoid any situation that may cause him unpleasantness.
The Cords of Vanity was originally published in 1909, and was revised in 1920 (the edition on which this ebook is based) with an introduction by author Wilson Follett. Six of the chapters were originally published as short stories in the monthly literary magazine The Smart Set.