Jurgen
A middle-aged pawnbroker who was once a poet, Jurgen speaks a careless word of praise for the Devil and is rewarded when his nagging wife promptly vanishes. His search for her becomes a leisurely tour through heaven, hell, and half the legends of Europe, where he tastes youth again and courts Guinevere, Helen of Troy, and stranger company besides. Cabell uses the quest to poke at courtly love, religion, and every heroic pose a man can strike, all in prose thick with double meanings. Those double meanings landed the book in a famous obscenity trial that made it notorious and helped seal its reputation. This free PDF and EPUB edition offers his best known comedy in full.
About the Author
James Branch Cabell (1879-1958) was an American author from Richmond, Virginia, best known for the elaborate fantasy cycle he called the Biography of the Life of Manuel. His ironic, ornate style won admirers including Mark Twain, and drew wide notoriety when Jurgen faced an obscenity…
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Listen to Jurgen by James Branch Cabell free online. The full audiobook (10 hr 6 min, 51 chapters, read by Mark Nelson) streams free on this page.
Jurgen (1919) is a public domain work.
| # | Chapter | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Foreward | 11:30 | |
| 2 | Chapter 1 | 8:34 | |
| 3 | Chapter 2 | 6:37 | |
| 4 | Chapter 3 | 7:04 | |
| 5 | Chapter 4 | 21:07 | |
| 6 | Chapter 5 | 8:50 | |
| 7 | Chapter 6 | 13:56 | |
| 8 | Chapter 7 | 21:20 | |
| 9 | Chapter 8 | 10:42 | |
| 10 | Chapter 9 | 8:54 | |
| 11 | Chapter 10 | 9:57 | |
| 12 | Chapter 11 | 6:59 | |
| 13 | Chapter 12 | 8:21 | |
| 14 | Chapter 13 | 11:23 | |
| 15 | Chapter 14 | 17:49 | |
| 16 | Chapter 15 | 11:10 | |
| 17 | Chapter 16 | 18:13 | |
| 18 | Chapter 17 | 11:17 | |
| 19 | Chapter 18 | 12:03 | |
| 20 | Chapter 19 | 8:04 | |
| 21 | Chapter 20 | 9:00 | |
| 22 | Chapter 21 | 6:33 | |
| 23 | Chapter 22 | 13:51 | |
| 24 | Chapter 23 | 24:01 | |
| 25 | Chapter 24 | 12:08 | |
| 26 | Chapter 25 | 8:36 | |
| 27 | Chapter 26 | 11:28 | |
| 28 | Chapter 27 | 13:52 | |
| 29 | Chapter 28 | 22:21 | |
| 30 | Chapter 29 | 14:35 | |
| 31 | Chapter 30 | 9:27 | |
| 32 | Chapter 31 | 7:09 | |
| 33 | Chapter 32 | 18:12 | |
| 34 | Chapter 33 | 8:05 | |
| 35 | Chapter 34 | 6:16 | |
| 36 | Chapter 35 | 7:10 | |
| 37 | Chapter 36 | 11:58 | |
| 38 | Chapter 37 | 7:10 | |
| 39 | Chapter 38 | 15:27 | |
| 40 | Chapter 39 | 12:47 | |
| 41 | Chapter 40 | 10:14 | |
| 42 | Chapter 41 | 20:49 | |
| 43 | Chapter 42 | 10:22 | |
| 44 | Chapter 43 | 21:38 | |
| 45 | Chapter 44 | 12:53 | |
| 46 | Chapter 45 | 7:53 | |
| 47 | Chapter 46 | 7:51 | |
| 48 | Chapter 47 | 6:54 | |
| 49 | Chapter 48 | 12:22 | |
| 50 | Chapter 49 | 13:17 | |
| 51 | Chapter 50 | 8:13 |
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