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An edition of Gargantua et Pantagruel (1900)

Gargantua and Pantagruel

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  • 5 Have read

This is the third book (hence "Tiers Livre") of François Rabelais's satirical masterpiece usually called Gargantua et Pantagruel. Pantagurel's sidekick and servant, Panurge ("trickster" in Greek), is trying to decide if he should get married--he wants sons, but he is terrified that a wife might beat, rob, and cuckold him. He, Pantagruel, and Pantagruel's other followers consult a range of supposed "experts" from magicians to lawyers and Panurge refuses to accept either that yes, he'll probably get cuckolded, or that in life you need to decide what you want, take a chance and risk being wrong. This brilliant and profound--and very funny--book has religious significance in an age of painful religious choice and of course relevance to all human relations. How to have a good wife? Panurge is told that being a good husband is probably the best way, but he will have none of that. One of the world's great classics.

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Penguin Books
Language
English
Pages
1041

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Subjects
Fiction, French Fantasy fiction, French fiction, French literature, Gargantua (Legendary character), Giants, satire, sex, Renaissance, Rabelais, François, -- ca. 1490-1553? -- Translations into English., Continental european fiction (fictional works by one author), Juvenile fiction, Gargantua (Personnage légendaire), Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse, Géants, Translations into English, Humanistic Education
People
François Rabelais (ca. 1490-1553?)
Places
Pantagruel is king of Utopia (!!), but the voyages here and in later books are often to non-existent places.
Times
16th century

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Cover of: Gargantua and Pantagruel
Gargantua and Pantagruel
2006, Penguin Books
in English
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Cover of: Garganti︠u︡a i Pantagri︠u︡ėlʹ
Garganti︠u︡a i Pantagri︠u︡ėlʹ
2005, Belyĭ gorod
in Russian
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Gargantua and Pantagruel
1900, D. Nutt
in English

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London, New York

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references.

Translated from French.

Series
Penguin classics
Genre
Translations into English.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
843.8
Library of Congress
PQ1685.E5 S37 2006

The Physical Object

Pagination
xlvi, 1041 p. ;
Number of pages
1041

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL22745593M
Internet Archive
gargantuapantagr00rabe_0
ISBN 10
0140445501
ISBN 13
9780140445503
OCLC/WorldCat
70671477
Library Thing
17915
Goodreads
18266

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December 20, 2008 Created by ImportBot Imported from University of Toronto MARC record.