Gargantua and Pantagruel
First published in four volumes between 1532 and 1552, Rabelais' comic masterpiece chronicles the adventures of a giant, Gargantua, and his son, Pantagruel. More than four centuries later, the terms "gargantuan" and "Rabelaisian" are synonymous with earthy humor, a surfeit of good food and drink,...
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First published in four volumes between 1532 and 1552, Rabelais' comic masterpiece chronicles the adventures of a giant, Gargantua, and his son, Pantagruel. More than four centuries later, the terms "gargantuan" and "Rabelaisian" are synonymous with earthy humor, a surfeit of good food and drink, and pleasures of the flesh.This series of exaggerated fables was condemned up
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Format: Paperback
ISBN:
9780486808338 (0486808335)
Publisher: Dover Publications
Pages no: 816
Edition language: English
Series: Gargantua and Pantagruel -5 (#1)