# Kit Marlowe — The Line of Love character guide

> Kit Marlowe in The Line of Love by James Branch Cabell.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Marlowe, Sang Kit Marlowe

**First appearance:** 0005-i-the-episode-called-the-wedding-jest

## Who they are

The playwright, appearing as a character in the narrative.

## In the story

### [IX: The Episode Called Porcelain Cups](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_line_of_love_se/chapters/ix-the-episode-called-porcelain-cups)

The poet who is enraged at Cynthia for burning his manuscript, revealing his true priorities.

### [X: The Envoi Called Semper Idem](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_line_of_love_se/chapters/x-the-envoi-called-semper-idem)

Noted for leaving 'a wake of emptied bottles' yet loving greatly.

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