# Dedication explained — The Cream of the Jest

> Chapter companion for The Cream of the Jest by James Branch Cabell.

## What happens

The author dedicates the book to Louisa Nelson with a Latin epigraph expressing that no old age will separate him from her love.

## Themes in this chapter

### Love and Idealization

The dedication expresses enduring love that transcends age, idealizing the bond between the author and Louisa Nelson.

## Key lines

> To Louisa Nelson “ At me ab amore tuo diducet nulla senectus. ”

To Louisa Nelson: No old age will separate me from your love.

_The Latin epigraph underscores the theme of love's permanence against the ravages of time._

## Links

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