The Certain Hour

The Certain Hour is a collection of short stories written by James Branch Cabell. The stories are set in the fictional land of Poictesme and explore themes of love, death, and the human condition. The book is divided into two parts, the first containing stories that take place in the past, and the second containing stories set in the present. The stories are interconnected, with recurring characters and themes. The writing style is rich and lyrical, with a focus on character development and psychological depth. The Certain Hour is considered a classic of American literature, and has been praised for its originality and literary merit.He was hoping, while his fingers drummed in unison with the beat of his verse, that this last play at least would rouse enthusiasm in the pit. The welcome given its immediate predecessors had undeniably been tepid. A memorandum at his elbow of the receipts at the Globe for the last quarter showed this with disastrous bluntness; and, after all, in 1609 a shareholder in a theater, when writing dramas for production there, was ordinarily subject to more claims than those of his ideals.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.