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The Five Books of of Gargantua and Pantagruel - cover

The Five Books of of Gargantua and Pantagruel

Francois Rabelais

Publisher: Seltzer Books

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The classic comic fantasy from the French Renaissance. All five volumes in a single file. According to Wikipedia: "The Life of Gargantua and of Pantagruel (in French, La vie de Gargantua et de Pantagruel) is a connected series of five novels written in the 16th century by Francois Rabelais. It is the story of two giants, a father (Gargantua) and his son (Pantagruel) and their adventures, written in an amusing, extravagant, satirical vein. There is much crudity and scatological humor as well as a large amount of violence. Long lists of vulgar insults fill several chapters." "Francois Rabelais (c. 1494 - April 9, 1553) was a major French Renaissance writer, doctor and humanist. He is regarded as an avant-garde writer of fantasy, satire, the grotesque, dirty jokes and bawdy songs."
Available since: 03/01/2018.

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