THE SILVER STALLION, A COMEDY OF REDEMPTION
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THE SILVER STALLION, A COMEDY OF REDEMPTION (ebook)

JAMES BRANCH CABELL

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The Silver Stallion is a darkly humorous, often sad, satire on human hypocrisy and our need for heroes. Cabell is unsparing in his skewering of the delusions of religion, marriage and politics, among others. (Amazon)

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