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title: "Cabell certainly doesn't take himself too seriously. I enjoyed Figure… — James Branch Cabell Quote #61 | QuotesBy.net"
description: "Cabell certainly doesn't take himself too seriously. I enjoyed Figures of Earth a lot; its humour was so enjoyably sophisticated that I had to check … — a quote by James Branch Cabell."
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> # Cabell certainly doesn't take himself too seriously. I enjoyed Figures of Earth a lot; its humour was so enjoyably sophisticated that I had to check that the author really was an American :-).

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## More from James Branch Cabell

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