The Lives, Heroic Deeds & Sayings of Gargantua & his Son Pantagruel by Dr Francis Rabelais. Books III
Pantagruel (French: Les Cinq livres des faits et dits de Gargantua et Pantagruel), often shortened to Gargantua and Pantagruel or the Cinq Livres (Five Books), is a pentalogy of novels written in the 16th century by François Rabelais. The novel-cycle relates the adventures of two giants in hyperbolic, satirical prose. Using humor ranging from slapstick to irony, Rabelais explores serious themes such as the development of education and religious reformation.
Translated from French into English by Sir Thomas Urquhart & Peter Le Motteux
The Lives, Heroic Deeds & Sayings of Gargantua & his Son Pantagruel by Rabelais
Title: The Lives, Heroic Deeds & Sayings of Gargantua & his Son Pantagruel
Author: Dr Francis Rabelais
Publisher : Chatto & Windus
Publication c1921
Format: HardbackCondition: Green covers with gilt lettering to spine and embossed title to front. Some fading to spine. No dust jacket. Pages are clean with no ink or pencil marks. Previous owner has drawn a picture of a tree and birds to first blank page.
Book measures: 16cm x 11cm with 274 pages