Cover of Beelzebub's Tales to His Grandson

Beelzebub's Tales to His Grandson

  • 1950 first published
  • 1,156 pages
  • 33 editions

Georges Ivanovitch Gurdjieff, A. Orage and Jeanne de Salzmann's Beelzebub's Tales to His Grandson (1950) is an occult fiction novel. Much of the action takes place in Russia. Readers will find themes of human beings, Mysticism, Philosophy and Russian Philosophy.

14 Open Library readers have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 33 editions.

It runs to roughly 1,156 pages — 21–22 hours of reading at an average pace.

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Setting

Subjects

  • Human beings
  • Mysticism
  • Philosophy
  • Russian Philosophy
  • Survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks
  • Forests and forestry
  • Fantasy
  • Amnesia
  • Stature
  • Survival
  • Size
  • Jungle survival
  • Jungles
  • Space and time
  • Homme
  • Homo sapiens, Species

Quick answers

Who wrote Beelzebub's Tales to His Grandson?

Beelzebub's Tales to His Grandson was written by Georges Ivanovitch Gurdjieff, A. Orage and Jeanne de Salzmann and first published in 1950.

What genre is Beelzebub's Tales to His Grandson?

It is usually shelved as Occult Fiction.

How long is Beelzebub's Tales to His Grandson?

The median edition has 1,156 pages, about 21–22 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to Beelzebub's Tales to His Grandson?

Readers who like it often enjoy The Island of Dr. Moreau, 'Salem’s Lot and Good Omens.

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