num_pages: 172
description: Alfred Jarry (1873-1907) is admired today as the creator of a new tradition of humor. The Garden of Priapus is undoubtedly the best novel of Jarry's mature period. It is historical romance in episodic form, a series of tableaux of Rome in her decadence.
language: English
title: The Garden of Priapus
titlecomplete: The Garden of Priapus
characters: Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, Mnester, Valeria Messalina
genres: Fiction
ratings_count: 49
places: Roman Empire
publisher: Fredonia Books (NL)