Letters to Joseph Hergesheimer, 1918-1954.

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Letters to Joseph Hergesheimer, 1918-1954.

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Cabell here discusses social engagements; books he has read; travels with his wife; the state of American fiction; articles he has published in The Literary Review; and his favorable opinion of Alfred A. Knopf. He also discusses his and Hergesheimer's work, including the publication of The High Place and Beyond Life; reviews of Jurgen; Line of Love;Cords of Vanity; Figures of Earth; Chivalry; and The Happy End by Hergesheimer.

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