# Fairhaven — The Cords of Vanity character guide

> Fairhaven in The Cords of Vanity by James Branch Cabell.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0010-i-he-sits-out-a-dance

## Who they are

A place, but personified as a character in the narrator's imagination.

## In the story

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cords_of_vanity_se/chapters/iii)

The actress performs in Fairhaven, where the narrator first meets her.

### [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cords_of_vanity_se/chapters/vi)

Fairhaven is mentioned as a place that, along with Lichfield, has shaped the narrator's perspective, making other places seem queer by comparison.

### [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cords_of_vanity_se/chapters/viii)

Shared a Lotus Eaters' existence with the narrator during three hot months, tacitly assuming no outer world existed.

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