The Cream of the Jest (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: James Branch Cabell
- First Published: 1917
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Satire
- Time of Work: Twentieth century
- Setting: Virginia
- Genres: Long fiction, Satire, Fantasy
- Subjects: Love or romance, South or Southerners, Authors or writers, Fantasy, Imagination, Middle age, Chivalry
- Locales: Virginia
Characters Discussed
Felix Kennaston, a successful, highly romantic author. He is writing a novel about Ettarre, an ageless woman, and his plot centers around a broken round medallion with mysterious symbols, which he calls the sigil of Scoteia. In his dreams, he talks with Ettarre and accompanies her to historical places and times; when he tries to touch her, however, the dream invariably ends. One day in his garden he finds a shiny broken disc which, giving full play to his romantic imagination, he chooses to believe is the real sigil of Scoteia. He finds the other half of...
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