Ancient, medieval, and Renaissance satire

7 books

Gargantua and PantagruelFrançois Rabelais · 1532A 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.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 1François Rabelais · 1532A 1532 satirical novel by François Rabelais, presented in an illustrated English edition, recounting the lives, heroic deeds, and sayings of the giant Gargantua and his son Pantagruel, blending comedy, folklore, and Renaissance humanism.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 2François Rabelais · 1532A satirical French novel of 1532, translated into English, chronicling the heroic deeds and sayings of the giant Pantagruel, son of Gargantua, told with comic and bawdy humor in a mock-heroic style.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 3François Rabelais · 1532This is the third book of Rabelais's sixteenth-century comic saga of the giant Gargantua and his son Pantagruel, presented in the classic English translations by Urquhart and Motteux, continuing the tale of Pantagruel's heroic deeds and sayings.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 4François Rabelais · 1532The fourth book of Rabelais's satirical tales of the giant Gargantua and his son Pantagruel, presented in the English translation by Sir Thomas Urquhart and Peter Antony Motteux, with footnotes and illustrations.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 5François Rabelais · 1532François Rabelais’s Book Five is part of the illustrated novel *Gargantua and Pantagruel*. The author’s prologue explores the difference between past folly and modern wisdom, promoting the "merry and fructifying Pantagruelian books.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Satyricon — CompletePetronius Arbiter · 60A complete English translation of the Satyricon, the ancient Roman prose fiction attributed to Petronius, following the adventures of Encolpius and his companions, including the famous Dinner of Trimalchio. This edition adds scholarly notes and discussion of authorship and textual forgeries.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية