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Rabelais: Gargantua and Pantagruel

Giant comedy about two giants, full of learning and nonsense, with an abbey whose only rule is 'Do what you will.'

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Volume
22 of the 1990 set
Author
François Rabelais (c. 1494–1553)
Work
Gargantua and Pantagruel 1532–1564

Ideas: Comedy and satire Teaching and learning Freedom and its limits

Read it free: search Project Gutenberg for public-domain editions.

A note for parents: Rabelais is famous for coarse humor; only short chosen passages suit young readers.

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