Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel
Format: ebook
ISBN:
2940009818191 (0009818197)
Publisher: Lawrence and Bullen
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Classics,
Novels,
Humor,
Literature,
European Literature,
Cultural,
Historical Fiction,
Classic Literature,
Medieval,
France,
French Literature,
16th Century
Series: Gargantua and Pantagruel -5 (#1)
This is easily the best book that I have read all year and a neglected masterpiece. I have had Gargantua and Pantagruel sitting on my shelf for probably at least a decade before taking it down and reading it at a whim. I did not know what to expect, but I found a book unlike almost any other. The...
Once upon a time, I was reading books on a list of "100 Significant Books" in Good Reading to make sure my mind didn't turn to mush. I was surprised to find I honestly adored just about everything on the list--until I came to number 25, Rabelais' Gargantua and Pantagruel. Reader, I hated it. Its au...
I didn't like it; in fact I can't remember how many times I picked this up only to put it down after a few pages and then wander off to do something else.I enjoyed Gargantua, Book 1. It took me a bit to warm up to Rabelais, but by the end I was surprised how engrossed I was in the squabbling French ...
Dramatised by Lavinia Murray. (bride of flister Michael)Rabelais...David Troughton Gargantua..Robert Wilfort Grangousier..Eric Potts Gargamelle..Melissa Jane Sinden Holofornes/Friar Jean..Jonathan Keeble Panochrates..Malcolm Raeburn Eudomon/Sun..Kathryn HuntProducer Gary Brownblurb - This tale is a ...
It gets old after awhile. At first, it’s funny. Funny in the way that a book about codpieces, cuckoldry and urine floods is nestled into Encyclopedia Britannica’s Great Books of the Western World list. Rabelais’ is a master of the outrageous even by modern standards. The stories of Gargantua, t...
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