TY - BOOK AU - Cabell,James Branch AU - Papé,Frank Cheyne TI - Figures of Earth: A Comedy of Appearances AV - PS PY - 2004/// CY - Salt Lake City, UT PB - Project Gutenberg KW - Fantasy fiction KW - Wit and humor N1 - Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Figures_of_Earth; Release date is 2004-03-01; E-text prepared by Suzanne Shell, Project Gutenberg Beginners Projects, Sandra Brown; Original publication data not identified N2 - "Figures of Earth: A Comedy of Appearances" by James Branch Cabell is a fantasy novel published in 1921. Set in the imaginary French province of Poictesme during the 13th century, it chronicles Dom Manuel the Redeemer's journey from swineherd to Count of Poictesme. This ironic romance presents an ambitious protagonist who is cowardly, treacherous, and unsatisfied with his ill-gotten gains, yet becomes transformed into legend after death. The novel explores themes of ambition, appearance versus reality, and the creation of heroic myths. (This is an automatically generated summary.) UR - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/11639 ER -