James Stephens

The Crock of Gold Illustrated James Stephens

"The Crock of Gold is a comic novel written by Irish author James Stephens, first published in 1912. A mixture of philosophy, Irish folklore, and the "battle of the sexes", it consists of six books, Book 1 The Coming of Pan, Book 2 The Philosophers Journey, Book 3 The Two Gods, Book 4 The Philosophers Return, Book 5 The Policemen, Book 6 The Thin Woman's Journey, that rotates around a philosopher and his quest to find the most beautiful woman in the world, Cáitilin Ni Murrachu, daughter of a remote mountain farm, and deliver her from the god's Pan and Aengus Óg, while himself going through a catharsis."