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Gargantua and Pantagruel, Book I

by François Rabelais

Chapter 1 of 59 Poems and Prologue

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7 h 42 min
Language
English
Readers
Alan Davis Drake (1945-2010), Chris Caron, Daniel Watkins, Examinfo, Ezwa and 11 others
Translated by
Peter Antony Motteux, Sir Thomas Urquhart

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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 François 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.(Summary by Wikipedia)