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Historical FantasyEpic FantasyMyth & Legend Fiction

Jurgen

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  • 1919 first published
  • 284 pages
  • ★ 3.9 (9 ratings)
  • 259 editions
  • 🎧 10 h 06 min free audiobook
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James Branch Cabell's Jurgen (1919) is a historical fantasy and epic fantasy novel. Readers will find themes of middle Ages, Devil, wives and Moyen Âge.

Open Library readers give it an average of 3.9 out of 5 from 9 ratings, and 32 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 259 editions. On Project Gutenberg it was downloaded 777 times in the last 30 days.

At about 284 pages, most readers finish it in 5–6 hours. It is in the public domain, so you can read it free on Project Gutenberg or listen to the 10 h 06 min LibriVox audiobook.

About Jurgen

"Jurgen: A Comedy of Justice," an entry in the Poictesme series, is an epic fantasy voyage as well as an erotic fable. Cabell himself wrote: "This fable is, as the world itself, a book wherein each man will find what his nature enables him to see; which gives us back each his own image; and which teaches us each the lesson that each of us desires to learn." Jurgen was banned for decades because of its explicit content. It was, and remains, a groundbreaking early fantasy novel and a worthy addition to the Wildside Fantasy Classics line.
Description from Open Library

Free audiobook

Jurgen — LibriVox recording, 10 h 06 min in 51 sections.

Public-domain recording by volunteer readers. Listen online, download MP3s or stream from the Internet Archive.

Opening line

“IT is a tale which they narrate in Poictesme, saying: In the old days lived a pawnbroker named Jurgen; but what his wife called him was very often much worse than that.”

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Subjects

  • Classic Literature
  • Fantasy
  • Middle Ages
  • Devil
  • Wives
  • Poictesme, Imaginary place
  • Historical fantasy
  • Epic fantasy
  • Humorous
  • Moyen Âge
  • Romans, nouvelles
  • American Fantasy fiction
  • Stinehour Press. 1976
  • Historical fiction
  • Fantasy fiction
  • Allegories

Publisher

Quick answers

Who wrote Jurgen?

Jurgen was written by James Branch Cabell and first published in 1919.

What genre is Jurgen?

It is usually shelved as Historical Fantasy, Epic Fantasy, Myth & Legend Fiction and Demons & Devils.

How long is Jurgen?

The median edition has 284 pages, about 5–6 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

Is Jurgen free to read?

Yes. It is in the public domain in the United States and can be read free on Project Gutenberg in EPUB, Kindle and HTML formats.

Is there a free audiobook of Jurgen?

Yes — LibriVox volunteers recorded it; the recording runs 10 h 06 min.

What books are similar to Jurgen?

Readers who like it often enjoy The house of the Wolfings, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court and Kai Lung's Golden Hours.

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