Subtitled A Comedy of Shirking, the novel follows a gifted, handsome Virginian from youth to literary success as he sits out dances, loves extensively and dodges every serious obligation. Told in his own elegant, ironic voice, it is a portrait of an artist who mistakes vanity for life, and of the women who pay for his charm.
Cabell’s polished early comedy, in his revised edition with an introduction by Wilson Follett. Download the free EPUB.