The High Place: A Comedy of Disenchantment by James Branch Cabell
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"The High Place: A Comedy of Disenchantment" by James Branch Cabell is a fantasy novel published in 1923. This satirical work reimagines what happens after "happily ever after," following the Sleeping Beauty tales into a marriage gone disastrously wrong. Part of Cabell's Biography of the Life of Manuel series, the novel combines gaudy romance with sharp social commentary, blending fairy tale material with disturbing observations about decadent culture. Critics praised its wit
and elegance while noting its provocative themes. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Cabell, James Branch, 1879-1958 |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | Papé, Frank Cheyne, 1878-1972 |
| LoC No. | 23018612 |
| Title | The High Place: A Comedy of Disenchantment |
| Original Publication |
United States: Robert M. McBride & Company ,1923. |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_High_Place |
| Credits | Charlene Taylor, Les Galloway and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 67.1 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature |
| Subject | Historical fiction |
| Subject | Fantasy fiction |
| Subject | Middle Ages -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 67043 |
| Release Date | Dec 29, 2021 |
| Last Update | Oct 18, 2024 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 452 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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