The Line of Love

<p><I>The Line of Love</I> (1913) is a collection of comic fantasy tales by James Branch Cabell. Set in a world where history and fantasy collide where a lowly swineherd can rise to be Count of Poictesme <I>The Line of Love</I> is one of Cabell's best-known works of fiction and is included in a series of novels essays and poems known as the <I>Biography of the Life of Manuel.</I>It is a tale which they narrate in Poictesme telling how love began between Florian de Puysange and Adelaide de la Forêt. They tell also how young Florian had earlier fancied other women for one reason or another; but that this he knew was the great love of his life and a love which would endure unchanged as long as his life lasted. On the night of his wedding to the lovely Adelaide de la Forêt Florian de Puysange has a strange feeling that something is missing. Stepping outside to gather his wits about him he remembers his dear friend Tiburce dead for five years. At that moment his comrade appears before him alive but with an alien tone to his voice. Recalling the pact they made to drink in celebration of whomever married first Florian wanders into the garden to make good on his promise. Set in a fictionalized France of the 13th century <I>The Line of Love</I> is a captivating collection of tales and legends from a mythical world not so different from our own. Cabell's work has long been described as escapist his novels and stories derided as fantastic and obsessive recreations of a world lost long ago. To read <I>The Line of Love</I> however is to understand that the issues therein-the struggle for power the unspoken distance between men and women-were vastly important not only at the time of its publication but in our own divisive world. This edition of James Branch Cabell's <I>The Line of Love</I> is a classic of fantasy and romance reimagined for modern readers.</p> <p>Since our inception in 2020 <b>Mint Editions</b> has kept sustainability and innovation at the forefront of our mission. Each and every Mint Edition title gets a fresh professionally typeset manuscript and a dazzling new cover all while maintaining the integrity of the original book.</p> <p>With thousands of titles in our collection we aim to spotlight diverse public domain works to help them find modern audiences. Mint Editions celebrates a breadth of literary works curated from both canonical and overlooked classics from writers around the globe.</p>