Jurgen: A Comedy of Justice by James Branch Cabell
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"Jurgen: A Comedy of Justice" by James Branch Cabell is a fantasy novel published in 1919. This humorous romp follows the clever hero Jurgen through a medieval cosmos as he searches for a parodied courtly love. His journey takes him through fantastic realms including Heaven and Hell, where he encounters eccentric knights, legendary women like Helen of Troy and Queen Guinevere, and even the Devil's wife. This acerbic satire of contemporary America
became a landmark in comic fantasy, later influencing writers like Terry Pratchett. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Cabell, James Branch, 1879-1958 |
|---|---|
| Title | Jurgen: A Comedy of Justice |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jurgen:_A_Comedy_of_Justice |
| Credits | Produced by Suzanne L. Shell, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. With thanks to the McCain Library, Agnes Scott College |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 69.8 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature |
| Subject | Historical fiction |
| Subject | Fantasy fiction |
| Subject | Middle Ages -- Fiction |
| Subject | Allegories |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 8771 |
| Release Date | Aug 1, 2005 |
| Last Update | Apr 10, 2025 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 711 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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