The Enormous Room

by E. E. Cummings

Contents

[INTRODUCTION]
[I. I BEGIN A PILGRIMAGE]
[II. EN ROUTE]
[III. A PILGRIM’S PROGRESS]
[IV. LE NOUVEAU]
[V. A GROUP OF PORTRAITS]
[VI. APOLLYON]
[VII. AN APPROACH TO THE DELECTABLE MOUNTAINS]
[VIII. THE WANDERER]
[IX. ZOO-LOO]
[X. SURPLICE]
[XI. JEAN LE NÈGRE]
[XII. THREE WISE MEN]
[XIII. I SAY GOOD-BYE TO LA MISÈRE]

INTRODUCTION

“FOR THIS MY SON WAS DEAD, AND IS ALIVE AGAIN; HE WAS LOST; AND IS FOUND.”

He was lost by the Norton-Harjes Ambulance Corps.

He was officially dead as a result of official misinformation.

He was entombed by the French Government.