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Jurgen
by James Branch Cabell
First Published
2009
Subjects
Classic Literature
Fantasy
Fiction
Middle Ages
Devil
Wives
Poictesme (imaginary place), fiction
Fiction, fantasy, historical
Fiction, fantasy, epic
Fiction, humorous, general
Moyen Âge
Romans, nouvelles
Description
"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.