# Gargantua and Pantagruel

By François Rabelais.

"Gargantua and Pantagruel" by François Rabelais is a pentalogy of novels written in the 16th century. It chronicles the adventures of two giants—Gargantua and his son Pantagruel—through a series of outrageous exploits. Written in an amusing, extravagant, and satirical style, the work features erudition, vulgarity, and wordplay. The narrative follows the giants through education, wars, and an epic voyage seeking the Divine Bottle, encountering bizarre lands and creatures along the way while satirizing contemporary society and religion. (Summary by Project Gutenberg, written by machine.)

- Language: English
- Illustrator: Gustave Doré
- Translator: Peter Anthony Motteux
- Translator: Thomas Urquhart, Sir
- Subjects: Giants -- Fiction; Fantasy fiction, French -- Translations into English; Gargantua (Legendary character) -- Fiction

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