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Gargantua and Pantagruel
by Rabelais, François
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Creators: François Rabelais (1490?-1553?), Gustave Doré (1832-1883) [Illustrator], Peter Anthony Motteux (1660-1718) [Translator], and Sir Thomas Urquhart (1611-1660) [Translator] "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. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading Level: Reading ease score: 68.9 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Rights: Public domain in the USA. Downloads: 19804