Jurgen, a pawnbroker of Poictesme with a sharp tongue, speaks up for the Devil and finds his nagging wife carried off. His search for her gives him back a year of youth and sends him through the Garden between Dawn and Sunrise, Cocaigne, Leukê, Hell and Heaven, meeting Guenevere, Helen and a series of queens, testing everything with ironic curiosity.
The witty, erotic fantasy whose 1920 obscenity prosecution made it famous, now admired for its style. Download the free EPUB.