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Jurgen

James Branch Cabell · 1919

Texte original en anglais.

Une société new-yorkaise de répression du vice peut alors faire saisir les livres qu'elle juge obscènes. Ce roman, farce médiévale pleine de sous-entendus, fut l'un de ceux qui allèrent jusqu'au procès.

Roman · 53 parties · environ 95 000 mots · environ 6 h 52 de lecture

Sommaire

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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