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Figures of Earth is the second installment in James Branch Cabell's Biography of the Life of Manuel, set in the imaginary province of Poictesme.
Figures of Earth
2nd book of The Biography of Manuel series
- FREE
- 201 pages
- Year: 1921
- ~22h 19m
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A young swineherd rises to the rank of Count by following his own thinking and desires.
Chapters
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SKIPTHIS1pageA Foreword - I
SKIPTHIS2pagesA Foreword - II
SKIPTHIS2pagesA Foreword - III
SKIPTHIS2pagesPart I: The Book of Credit - I: How Manuel Left the Mire
5pagesPart I: The Book of Credit - II: Niafer
5pagesPart I: The Book of Credit - III: Ascent of Vraidex
4pagesPart I: The Book of Credit - IV: In the Doubtful Palace
11pagesPart I: The Book of Credit - V: The Eternal Ambuscade
5pagesPart I: The Book of Credit - VI: Economics of Math
3pagesPart I: The Book of Credit - VII: The Crown of Wisdom
5pagesPart I: The Book of Credit - VIII: The Halo of Holiness
6pagesPart I: The Book of Credit - IX: The Feather of Love
8pagesPart II: The Book of Spending - X: Alianora
5pagesPart II: The Book of Spending - XI: Magic of the Apsarasas
6pagesPart II: The Book of Spending - XII: Ice and Iron
6pagesPart II: The Book of Spending - XIII: What Helmas Directed
4pagesPart II: The Book of Spending - XIV: They Duel on Morven
9pagesPart II: The Book of Spending - XV: Bandages for the Victor
4pagesPart III: The Book of Cast Accounts - XVI: Freydis
5pagesPart III: The Book of Cast Accounts - XVII: Magic of the Image-Makers
6pagesPart III: The Book of Cast Accounts - XVIII: Manuel Chooses
4pagesPart III: The Book of Cast Accounts - XIX: The Head of Misery
4pagesPart III: The Book of Cast Accounts - XX: The Month of Years
5pagesPart III: The Book of Cast Accounts - XXI: Touching Repayment
6pagesPart III: The Book of Cast Accounts - XXII: Return of Niafer
4pagesPart III: The Book of Cast Accounts - XXIII: Manuel Gets His Desire
5pagesPart III: The Book of Cast Accounts - XXIV: Three Women
4pagesPart IV: The Book of Surcharge - XXV: Affairs in Poictesme
7pagesPart IV: The Book of Surcharge - XXVI: Deals with the Stork
6pagesPart IV: The Book of Surcharge - XXVII: They Come to Sargyll
4pagesPart IV: The Book of Surcharge - XXVIII: How Melicent Was Welcomed
5pagesPart IV: The Book of Surcharge - XXIX: Sesphra of the Dreams
6pagesPart IV: The Book of Surcharge - XXX: Farewell to Freydis
7pagesPart IV: The Book of Surcharge - XXXI: Statecraft
4pagesPart IV: The Book of Surcharge - XXXII: The Redemption of Poictesme
7pagesPart V: The Book of Settlement - XXXIII: Now Manuel Prospers
6pagesPart V: The Book of Settlement - XXXIV: Farewell to Alianora
6pagesPart V: The Book of Settlement - XXXV: The Troubling Window
6pagesPart V: The Book of Settlement - XXXVI: Excursions from Content
4pagesPart V: The Book of Settlement - XXXVII: Opinions of Hinzelmann
7pagesPart V: The Book of Settlement - XXXVIII: Farewell to Suskind
3pagesPart V: The Book of Settlement - XXXIX: The Passing of Manuel
9pagesPart V: The Book of Settlement - XL: Colophon - Da Capo
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