Domnei by James Branch Cabell (reading in the dark .TXT) 📕
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Domnei by James Branch Cabell is the fourth installment in his Biography of the Life of Manuel series, which follows the lives of Dom Manuel and his descendants in the fictional French county of Poictesme.
It was initially published as The Soul of Melicent in 1913 under the erroneous advice of Cabell’s publisher, who suggested that the title would help sell more copies. But only 493 copies were sold of the original print run. In 1920 the book was republished as Domnei: A Comedy of Woman-Worship, Cabell’s original vision for the title.
The story follows Perion de la Forêt, fugitive leader of a mercenary troop, and his unbridled passion for his newly-wed and newly-distant lover, the Princess Melicent, daughter of Dom Manuel. The tale takes us to many locations in Middle-Ages Europe as we witness to what extent men will go to pursue a woman’s love.
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EndnotesNicolas de Caen gives here a minute account of the military and naval evolutions, with a fullness that verges upon prolixity. It appears expedient to omit all this. ↩
Paul Verville, Notice sur la vie de Nicolas de Caen, p. 112 (Rouen, 1911). ↩
Histoire de la littérature provençale, p. 330 (Adler’s translation, New York, 1860). ↩
Quoted with minor alterations from Watson’s version. ↩
ColophonDomnei
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