Jurgen: A Comedy of Justice
core novel 1919 Jurgen: A Comedy of Justice
Record
| First published | 1919 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.81 (1,115 ratings, collected 2026-08-26) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9781515084778 |
Synopsis
Jurgen: A Comedy of Justice, published in 1919, follows Jurgen, a middle-aged pawnbroker and disillusioned former poet living in the medieval kingdom of Poictesme, who unexpectedly speaks a kind word in defense of the Devil and is rewarded with a chance to relive his youth. Restored to his younger self, Jurgen sets out on a series of fantastical wanderings through invented realms including Glathion, Cocaigne, and Leuke, encountering figures drawn from myth, legend, and his own philosophical musings on love, justice, and human folly. His travels eventually carry him beyond these earthly kingdoms into Hell and Heaven themselves, where he engages various authorities, mortal and divine, in the same wry, self-justifying debates that characterize his journey throughout. The novel combines picaresque fantasy adventure with satirical commentary on morality and desire, following Jurgen's episodic encounters across a string of increasingly strange realms.
Where it sits
- Universe: Jurgen: A Comedy of Justice
- Series: Jurgen: A Comedy of Justice core; position 1 of 1 in the series' recorded order
- Author: James Branch Cabell
Notes
- From the series record (Jurgen: A Comedy of Justice): A standalone comic fantasy novel; loosely shares a setting with other Cabell novels but reads and is cataloged independently.
Sources
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