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EPISODE · Jan 11, 2024 · 10H 20M
Jurgen, A Comedy of Justice by James Branch Cabell ~ Full Audiobook [fantasy]
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Jurgen, A Comedy of Justice by James Branch Cabell audiobook. Genre: fantasy In a quiet medieval town, Jurgen is a middle-aged pawnbroker with a sharp tongue, a restless imagination, and a marriage that has settled into routine with his formidable wife, Dame Lisa. When a mysterious encounter offers him a chance to step outside his ordinary life, Jurgen seizes it and finds himself moving through a chain of uncanny courts and legendary landscapes where desire, reputation, and virtue are all negotiable. Along the way he crosses paths with figures drawn from romance, myth, and scripture, each testing a different version of what it means to be honorable, faithful, and free. But Jurgen is no simple hero: he is witty, evasive, and endlessly self-justifying, and his greatest weapon is the ability to turn any moral demand into a joke. As the temptations grow grander and the rules grow stranger, he must navigate bargains, judgments, and the consequences of his own cleverness. Part fairy tale, part philosophical prank, this classic novel skewers piety and hypocrisy while asking whether justice is a higher law or just another story we tell ourselves. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 00 (00:11:30) Chapter 01 (00:20:04) Chapter 02 (00:26:41) Chapter 03 (00:33:45) Chapter 04 (00:54:52) Chapter 05 (01:03:42) Chapter 06 (01:17:38) Chapter 07 (01:38:58) Chapter 08 (01:49:40) Chapter 09 (01:58:34) Chapter 10 (02:08:31) Chapter 11 (02:15:30) Chapter 12 (02:23:51) Chapter 13 (02:35:14) Chapter 14 (02:53:03) Chapter 15 (03:04:13) Chapter 16 (03:22:26) Chapter 17 (03:33:43) Chapter 18 (03:45:45) Chapter 19 (03:53:49) Chapter 20 (04:02:49) Chapter 21 (04:09:22) Chapter 22 (04:23:13) Chapter 23 (04:47:14) Chapter 24 (04:59:22) Chapter 25 (05:07:58) Chapter 26 (05:19:26) Chapter 27 (05:33:18) Chapter 28 (05:55:39) Chapter 29 (06:10:14) Chapter 30 (06:19:41) Chapter 31 (06:26:50) Chapter 32 (06:45:02) Chapter 33 (06:53:07) Chapter 34 (06:59:23) Chapter 35 (07:06:33) Chapter 36 (07:18:31) Chapter 37 (07:25:41) Chapter 38 (07:41:08) Chapter 39 (07:53:55) Chapter 40 (08:04:09) Chapter 41 (08:24:58) Chapter 42 (08:35:20) Chapter 43 (08:56:58) Chapter 44 (09:09:51) Chapter 45 (09:17:44) Chapter 46 (09:25:35) Chapter 47 (09:32:29) Chapter 48 (09:44:51) Chapter 49 (09:58:08) Chapter 50 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Jurgen, A Comedy of Justice by James Branch Cabell audiobook. Genre: fantasy In a quiet medieval town, Jurgen is a middle-aged pawnbroker with a sharp tongue, a restless imagination, and a marriage that has settled into routine with his formidable wife, Dame Lisa. When a mysterious encounter offers him a chance to step outside his ordinary life, Jurgen seizes it and finds himself moving through a chain of uncanny courts and legendary landscapes where desire, reputation, and virtue are all negotiable. Along the way he crosses paths with figures drawn from romance, myth, and scripture, each testing a different version of what it means to be honorable, faithful, and free. But Jurgen is no simple hero: he is witty, evasive, and endlessly self-justifying, and his greatest weapon is the ability to turn any moral demand into a joke. As the temptations grow grander and the rules grow stranger, he must navigate bargains, judgments, and the consequences of his own cleverness. Part fairy tale, part philosophical prank, this classic novel skewers piety and hypocrisy while asking whether justice is a higher law or just another story we tell ourselves. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 00 (00:11:30) Chapter 01 (00:20:04) Chapter 02 (00:26:41) Chapter 03 (00:33:45) Chapter 04 (00:54:52) Chapter 05 (01:03:42) Chapter 06 (01:17:38) Chapter 07 (01:38:58) Chapter 08 (01:49:40) Chapter 09 (01:58:34) Chapter 10 (02:08:31) Chapter 11 (02:15:30) Chapter 12 (02:23:51) Chapter 13 (02:35:14) Chapter 14 (02:53:03) Chapter 15 (03:04:13) Chapter 16 (03:22:26) Chapter 17 (03:33:43) Chapter 18 (03:45:45) Chapter 19 (03:53:49) Chapter 20 (04:02:49) Chapter 21 (04:09:22) Chapter 22 (04:23:13) Chapter 23 (04:47:14) Chapter 24 (04:59:22) Chapter 25 (05:07:58) Chapter 26 (05:19:26) Chapter 27 (05:33:18) Chapter 28 (05:55:39) Chapter 29 (06:10:14) Chapter 30 (06:19:41) Chapter 31 (06:26:50) Chapter 32 (06:45:02) Chapter 33 (06:53:07) Chapter 34 (06:59:23) Chapter 35 (07:06:33) Chapter 36 (07:18:31) Chapter 37 (07:25:41) Chapter 38 (07:41:08) Chapter 39 (07:53:55) Chapter 40 (08:04:09) Chapter 41 (08:24:58) Chapter 42 (08:35:20) Chapter 43 (08:56:58) Chapter 44 (09:09:51) Chapter 45 (09:17:44) Chapter 46 (09:25:35) Chapter 47 (09:32:29) Chapter 48 (09:44:51) Chapter 49 (09:58:08) Chapter 50 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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