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Gargantua and pantagruel, collective title of five comic novels by francois rabelais, published between 1532 and 1564. As a companion volume to pantagruel, this new edition of gargantua continues rabelais acclaimed fantasy of a mythical family of giants. As he tells gargantua s life story from his birth and education to his later life, rabelais uses the events of the giant s life to parody medieval and classical learning, mock traditional ecclesiastical authority, and proffer his own thoughts on humanism and society. The fifth book of pantagruel that usually accompanies the other, certainly. The main characters of this classics, fiction story are. Gargantua french hardcover 1995 by francois rabelais author, 3 illustrator 3.
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