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The Gates of Cocaigne
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From Chapter 21 - "How Anaïtis Voyaged"
They came thus to a low-lying naked beach, where there was no sign of habitation. Anaitis said this was the land they were seeking, and they went ashore. …
They went forward across the beach, through sand hills, to a moor, seeing no one, and walking in a gray fog. They passed many gray fat sluggish worms and some curious gray reptiles such as Jurgen had never imagined to exist, but Anaïtis said these need not trouble them.
"So there is no call to be fingering your charmed sword as we walk here, Duke Jurgen, for these great worms do not ever harm the living." …
So they came to a wall that was high and gray, and to the door which was in the wall.
"You must knock two or three times," says Anaitis, "to get into Cocaigne."
Jurgen observed the bronze knocker upon the door, and he grinned in order to hide his embarrassment.
"It is a quaint fancy," said he, "and the two constituents of it appear to have been modeled from life."
"They were copied very exactly from Adam and Eve," says Anaitis, "who were the first persons to open this gateway."
"Why, then," says Jurgen, "there is no earthly doubt that men degenerate, since here under my hand is the proof of it."
With that he knocked, and the door opened, and the two of them entered.
Topical Subject
Historical fiction; Fantasy fiction; Linoleum block-printing
Personal Name Subject
Cabell, James Branch, 1879-1958; Ogden, Samuel Robinson, Jr. (1896-1985)
Language
eng
Genre
linocuts (prints); books
Local Genre
artwork; text
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Still Image
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image/jpg
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This material is in the public domain in the United States and thus is free of any copyright restriction. Acknowledgement of Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries as a source is requested.
Collection
Twenty-two Plates From Cabell's Jurgen
Source
Ogden S, James Branch Cabell Collection, James Branch Cabell Collection. Twenty-Two Plates from Cabell’s Jurgen. [publisher not identified]; 1929.
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