Gargantua and Pantagruel

A five-volume comic fantasy series by François Rabelais, first published in 1532, chronicling the lives, deeds, and sayings of the giant Gargantua and his son Pantagruel, presented here in the English translations by Urquhart and Motteux.

Public domain in the US. From Project Gutenberg.

Topic

Historical and Classical Fiction›Classic humor and satire›Ancient, medieval, and Renaissance satire

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Adults›Historical and Classical Fiction›Classic humor and satire›Ancient, medieval, and Renaissance satire