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by James Branch Cabell (Author)
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  • Paperback: 346 pages
  • Publisher: Dover Publications Inc.; New edition edition (Mar 1978)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0486235076
  • ISBN-13: 978-0486235073
  • Product Dimensions: 21.2 x 13.6 x 2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,131,855 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars A fantasy classic from the 1920's still in print!, 19 Jul 1996
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This was a notorious book of the 1920's, and it describes the odyssey of Jurgen, a middle-aged pawnbroker and a "monstrous clever fellow", who is miserable with his wife, and one day he is given an opportunity to search through many realms of fantasy and imagination looking for the perfect mate. The book is an ironic exploration of man's perennial dissatisfaction. Plenty of angst, but also a lot of humor and fun. Opening line: "In the old days lived a pawnbroker named Jurgen, but what his wife called him was very often much worse than that. She was a high-spirited woman, with no especial gift for silence." If you like that line, read the book. If you don't, then forget it.
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5.0 out of 5 stars An Irreverent Romp, 18 Jul 2008
By VC Cox (Greater Manchester, UK) - See all my reviews
James Branch Cabell is apparently one of Neil Gaiman's favourite authors - and you can see why, if you read this witty fantasy. Once controversial, it was subject to a court case in the 1920's for its tongue-in-cheek 'lewd' content. To which accusations the author published a very typically pointed, allegorical retort.

The unlikeliest of heroes, Jurgen is a middle-aged pawnbroker who, upon meeting what he takes for the devil, decides to pay the fellow a compliment. Flattered, this devil then rewards Jurgen by taking his nagging wife off his hands. Initially, the pawnbroker finds this a comfortable arrangement, until his wife's family force him to attempt her rescue. This sets him off on a series of (mis)adventures romping through various fantastic realms, in a narrative that is packed full of double-entendres as well as classical and literary allusions.

Perhaps not for everyone's tastes, but if you have a keen sense of humour and are relatively well-read, then it's definately one worth owning.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Jurgen - a monstrous clever fellow, 8 Jul 2005
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Well worth getting a hold of. Staggeringly imaginative and "monstrous clever".
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