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Domnei: A Comedy of Woman-Worship

Domnei: A Comedy of Woman-Worship

by Cabell, James Branch, 1879-1958

BookID: 9663

Language:English

Reading Level:Reading ease score: 71.7 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.

Copyright Status:Public domain in the USA.

Historical fictionFantasy fictionMiddle Ages -- Fiction

Description

"Domnei: A Comedy of Woman-Worship" by James Branch Cabell is a fantasy novel written between 1910-1912. Set in the imaginary French province of Poictesme during the 13th century, it tells the story of Dom Manuel's daughter Melicent and the disastrous struggle between her successive husbands, Demetrios of Anatolia and Perion de la Forรชt. The novel explores themes of chivalric woman-worship through a dramatic tale of conflicting loyalties and passion in a richly imagined medieval world. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Class:PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature

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