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Jurgen

James Branch Cabell · 1919

Original text in English.

A New York society for the suppression of vice can then have seized the books it judges obscene. This novel, a medieval farce full of innuendo, was one of those that went as far as a trial.

Novel · 53 parts · about 95 000 words · about 6 h 52 of reading

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Contents

  1. Ouverture1 min
  2. A FOREWORD8 min
  3. JURGEN1 min
  4. 1Why Jurgen Did the Manly Thing6 min
  5. 2Assumption of a Noted Garment4 min
  6. 3The Garden between Dawn and Sunrise5 min
  7. 4The Dorothy Who Did Not Understand15 min
  8. 5Requirements of Bread and Butter6 min
  9. 6Showing that Sereda Is Feminine9 min
  10. 7Of Compromises on a Wednesday15 min
  11. 8Old Toys and a New Shadow7 min
  12. 9The Orthodox Rescue of Guenevere6 min
  13. 10Pitiful Disguises of Thragnar7 min
  14. 11Appearance of the Duke of Logreus5 min
  15. 12Excursus of Yolande's Undoing5 min
  16. 13Philosophy of Gogyrvan Gawr7 min
  17. 14Preliminary Tactics of Duke Jurgen12 min
  18. 15Of Compromises in Glathion8 min
  19. 16Divers Imbroglios of King Smoit12 min
  20. 17About a Cock That Crowed Too Soon8 min
  21. 18Why Merlin Talked in Twilight8 min
  22. 19The Brown Man with Queer Feet5 min
  23. 20Efficacy of Prayer6 min
  24. 21How Anaïtis Voyaged4 min
  25. 22As to a Veil They Broke9 min
  26. 23Shortcomings of Prince Jurgen17 min
  27. 24Of Compromises in Cocaigne8 min
  28. 25Cantraps of the Master Philologist6 min
  29. 26In Time's Hour-Glass8 min
  30. 27Vexatious Estate of Queen Helen9 min
  31. 28Of Compromises in Leukê15 min
  32. 29Concerning Horvendile's Nonsense10 min
  33. 30Economics of King Jurgen6 min
  34. 31The Fall of Pseudopolis5 min
  35. 32Sundry Devices of the Philistines12 min
  36. 33Farewell to Chloris6 min
  37. 34How Emperor Jurgen Fared Infernally4 min
  38. 35What Grandfather Satan Reported5 min
  39. 36Why Coth was Contradicted8 min
  40. 37Invention of the Lovely Vampire5 min
  41. 38As to Applauded Precedents10 min
  42. 39Of Compromises in Hell9 min
  43. 40The Ascension of Pope Jurgen7 min
  44. 41Of Compromises in Heaven14 min
  45. 42Twelve That are Fretted Hourly7 min
  46. 43Postures before a Shadow15 min
  47. 44In the Manager's Office9 min
  48. 45The Faith of Guenevere5 min
  49. 46The Desire of Anaïtis5 min
  50. 47The Vision of Helen5 min
  51. 48Candid Opinions of Dame Lisa9 min
  52. 49Of the Compromise with Koshchei9 min
  53. 50The Moment That Did Not Count5 min

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James Branch Cabell († 1958): public-domain work. The text is that of the Project Gutenberg e-book (no. 8771). Erostrate has not changed a single word: only the layout and the division into pages are ours.

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