Each story catches a poet at the hour when love, money or ambition tempts him to give up his art for something else. Cabell’s settings range from medieval courts to Elizabethan and Restoration England, where Lady Drogheda coolly weighs a wealthy match while William Wycherley listens.
Elegant, ironic and framed by Cabell’s own verse, it is a fine way into the writer best remembered for Jurgen. Download the free EPUB.