23.8.08 | Books That Influence Me
JURGEN
A COMEDY OF JUSTICE
BY JAMES BRANCH CABELL
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS & DECORATIONS BY
FRANK C. PAPE
AND AN INTRODUCTION
By HUGH WALPOLE
"0f JURGEN eke they maken mencioun,
That of an old wyf gat his youthe agoon,
And gat himselfe a shirte as bright as fyre
Wherein to jape, yet gat not his desire
In any countrie ne condicioun."
A COMEDY OF JUSTICE
BY JAMES BRANCH CABELL
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS & DECORATIONS BY
FRANK C. PAPE
AND AN INTRODUCTION
By HUGH WALPOLE
"0f JURGEN eke they maken mencioun,
That of an old wyf gat his youthe agoon,
And gat himselfe a shirte as bright as fyre
Wherein to jape, yet gat not his desire
In any countrie ne condicioun."
This link leads to the University of Virginia's online copy. Props are always respected and acknowledged
Worth buying in book form, especially. This is as beauiful and strange a story as any you will ever read. Now i'm going to just step outside for a while. I may be some time, as Captain Oates once said in a tent somewhere a long time ago. I need solitude.
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Looks interesting, I'll definitely come back to it when I've a bit more time.
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