# Jurgen — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for Jurgen by James Branch Cabell.

- [Epigraph](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/jurgen_se/chapters/epigraph.md): The epigraph introduces Jurgen, an old man who regained his youth through an old wife and obtained a fiery shirt for jesting, yet never achieved his desire in any land or condition.
- [Dedication](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/jurgen_se/chapters/dedication.md): The dedication poem addresses Burton Rascoe, defending the work against critics and suggesting a playful, defiant attitude toward established interpretations. It presents Jurgen as a compromise between conflicting forces
- [A Foreword: Which Asserts Nothing](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/jurgen_se/chapters/a-foreword-which-asserts-nothing.md): The foreword introduces the Jurgen legends, noting scholarly interpretations and the author's intent to present the tale simply for pastime. A postscript appends a fragment about 'The Judging of Jurgen,' where a tumblebu
- [Epigraph](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/jurgen_se/chapters/epigraph.md): The chapter presents a single Latin epigraph: 'amara lento temperet risu' (may she temper bitterness with gentle laughter), setting a thematic tone for the work.
- [Jurgen](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/jurgen_se/chapters/jurgen.md): The chapter introduces Jurgen, a middle-aged pawnbroker in Poictesme, who reflects on his life, his wife Dame Lisa, and his lost youth. He encounters a mysterious stranger and begins a journey that leads him into a cave,

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- [Why Jurgen Did the Manly Thing](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/jurgen_se/chapters/i-why-jurgen-did-the-manly-thing.md)
- [II: Assumption of a Noted Garment](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/jurgen_se/chapters/ii-assumption-of-a-noted-garment.md)
- [III: The Garden Between Dawn and Sunrise](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/jurgen_se/chapters/iii-the-garden-between-dawn-and-sunrise.md)
- [IV: The Dorothy Who Did Not Understand](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/jurgen_se/chapters/iv-the-dorothy-who-did-not-understand.md)
- [V: Requirements of Bread and Butter](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/jurgen_se/chapters/v-requirements-of-bread-and-butter.md)
- [VI: Showing That Sereda Is Feminine](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/jurgen_se/chapters/vi-showing-that-sereda-is-feminine.md)
- [VII: Of Compromises on a Wednesday](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/jurgen_se/chapters/vii-of-compromises-on-a-wednesday.md)
- [VIII: Old Toys and a New Shadow](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/jurgen_se/chapters/viii-old-toys-and-a-new-shadow.md)
- [IX: The Orthodox Rescue of Guenevere](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/jurgen_se/chapters/ix-the-orthodox-rescue-of-guenevere.md)
- [X: Pitiful Disguises of Thragnar](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/jurgen_se/chapters/x-pitiful-disguises-of-thragnar.md)
- [XI: Appearance of the Duke of Logreus](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/jurgen_se/chapters/xi-appearance-of-the-duke-of-logreus.md)
- [XII: Excursus of Yolande's Undoing](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/jurgen_se/chapters/xii-excursus-of-yolande-s-undoing.md)
- [XIII: Philosophy of Gogyrvan Gawr](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/jurgen_se/chapters/xiii-philosophy-of-gogyrvan-gawr.md)
- [XIV: Preliminary Tactics of Duke Jurgen](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/jurgen_se/chapters/xiv-preliminary-tactics-of-duke-jurgen.md)
- [XV: Of Compromises in Glathion](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/jurgen_se/chapters/xv-of-compromises-in-glathion.md)
- [XVI: Divers Imbroglios of King Smoit](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/jurgen_se/chapters/xvi-divers-imbroglios-of-king-smoit.md)
- [XVII: About a Cock That Crowed Too Soon](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/jurgen_se/chapters/xvii-about-a-cock-that-crowed-too-soon.md)
- [Why Merlin Talked in Twilight](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/jurgen_se/chapters/xviii-why-merlin-talked-in-twilight.md)
- [XIX: The Brown Man with Queer Feet](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/jurgen_se/chapters/xix-the-brown-man-with-queer-feet.md)
- [XX: Efficacy of Prayer](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/jurgen_se/chapters/xx-efficacy-of-prayer.md)
- [XXI: How Anaïtis Voyaged](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/jurgen_se/chapters/xxi-how-ana-tis-voyaged.md)
- [XXII: As to a Veil They Broke](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/jurgen_se/chapters/xxii-as-to-a-veil-they-broke.md)
- [XXIII: Shortcomings of Prince Jurgen](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/jurgen_se/chapters/xxiii-shortcomings-of-prince-jurgen.md)
- [XXIV: Of Compromises in Cocaigne](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/jurgen_se/chapters/xxiv-of-compromises-in-cocaigne.md)
- [XXV: Cantraps of the Master Philologist](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/jurgen_se/chapters/xxv-cantraps-of-the-master-philologist.md)
- [XXVI: In Time's Hourglass](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/jurgen_se/chapters/xxvi-in-time-s-hourglass.md)
- [XXVII: Vexatious Estate of Queen Helen](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/jurgen_se/chapters/xxvii-vexatious-estate-of-queen-helen.md)
- [XXVIII: Of Compromises in Leukê](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/jurgen_se/chapters/xxviii-of-compromises-in-leuk.md)
- [XXIX: Concerning Horvendile's Nonsense](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/jurgen_se/chapters/xxix-concerning-horvendile-s-nonsense.md)
- [Economics of King Jurgen](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/jurgen_se/chapters/xxx-economics-of-king-jurgen.md)
- [The Fall of Pseudopolis](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/jurgen_se/chapters/xxxi-the-fall-of-pseudopolis.md)
- [Sundry Devices of the Philistines](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/jurgen_se/chapters/xxxii-sundry-devices-of-the-philistines.md)
- [XXXIII: Farewell to Chloris](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/jurgen_se/chapters/xxxiii-farewell-to-chloris.md)
- [XXXIV: How Emperor Jurgen Fared Infernally](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/jurgen_se/chapters/xxxiv-how-emperor-jurgen-fared-infernally.md)
- [XXXV: What Grandfather Satan Reported](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/jurgen_se/chapters/xxxv-what-grandfather-satan-reported.md)
- [Why Coth Was Contradicted](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/jurgen_se/chapters/xxxvi-why-coth-was-contradicted.md)
- [XXXVII: Invention of the Lovely Vampire](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/jurgen_se/chapters/xxxvii-invention-of-the-lovely-vampire.md)
- [XXXVIII: As to Applauded Precedents](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/jurgen_se/chapters/xxxviii-as-to-applauded-precedents.md)
- [XXXIX: Of Compromises in Hell](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/jurgen_se/chapters/xxxix-of-compromises-in-hell.md)
- [XL: The Ascension of Pope Jurgen](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/jurgen_se/chapters/xl-the-ascension-of-pope-jurgen.md)
- [XLI: Of Compromises in Heaven](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/jurgen_se/chapters/xli-of-compromises-in-heaven.md)
- [XLII: Twelve That Are Fretted Hourly](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/jurgen_se/chapters/xlii-twelve-that-are-fretted-hourly.md)
- [XLIII: Postures Before a Shadow](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/jurgen_se/chapters/xliii-postures-before-a-shadow.md)
- [In the Manager's Office](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/jurgen_se/chapters/xliv-in-the-manager-s-office.md)
- [XLV: The Faith of Guenevere](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/jurgen_se/chapters/xlv-the-faith-of-guenevere.md)
- [XLVI: The Desire of Anaïtis](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/jurgen_se/chapters/xlvi-the-desire-of-ana-tis.md)
- [XLVII: The Vision of Helen](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/jurgen_se/chapters/xlvii-the-vision-of-helen.md)
- [Candid Opinions of Dame Lisa](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/jurgen_se/chapters/xlviii-candid-opinions-of-dame-lisa.md)
- [XLIX: Of the Compromise with Koshchei](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/jurgen_se/chapters/xlix-of-the-compromise-with-koshchei.md)
- [L: The Moment That Did Not Count](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/jurgen_se/chapters/l-the-moment-that-did-not-count.md)

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