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The Five Books of the Lives and Deeds of Gargantua and Pantagruel (French: Les Cinq livres des faits et dits de Gargantua et Pantagruel), often shortened to Gargantua and Pantagruel or the Cinq Livres (Five Books), is a pentalogy of novels written in the 16th century by François Rabelais.
Gargantua and Pantagruel, collective title of five comic novels by François Rabelais, published between 1532 and 1564. The novels present the comic and satiric story of the giant Gargantua and his son Pantagruel, and various companions, whose travels and adventures are a vehicle for ridicule of the.
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Aug 8, 2004 · prepared by Sue Asscher in 1998, from: "MASTER FRANCIS RABELAIS FIVE BOOKS OF THE LIVES, HEROIC. DEEDS AND SAYINGS OF GARGANTUA AND HIS SON PANTAGRUEL", Translated into English by Sir Thomas Urquhart of Cromarty. and Peter Antony Motteux.
Aug 8, 2004 · A classic satire by Francois Rabelais, translated into English by Sir Thomas Urquhart and Peter Antony Motteux. The book tells the stories of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel, two giants who live in a world of absurdity and humor.
Gargantua introduces Pantagruel’s father—another wondrous giant. As he tells Gargantua’s life story from his birth and education to his later life, Rabelais uses the events of the giant’s life to parody medieval and classical learning, mock traditional ecclesiastical authority, and proffer his own thoughts on humanism and society.
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