Publisher: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.
Date of Publication: 1952
Binding: Cloth, Brown
Condition: Good/No Jacket
Description: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall B0006AU8Y2 Ex-Library Library discard. Stamped on title page and edge. Checkout slip, card pocket, bookplate and label on endpapers. Label on spine. Very light wear. Inside very clean. Great Books of the Western World #24. Translated by Sir Thomas Urquhart and Peter Motteux. Additional Details ------------------------------ Product description: The Life of Gargantua and of Pantagruel is a connected series of five novels written in the 16th century by Francois Rabelais. It is the story of two giants, a father (Gargantua) and his son (Pantagruel) and their adventures, written in an amusing, extravagant, satirical vein. The text features much crudity, scatological humor, and violence. Lists of vulgar insults fill several chapters. According to Rabelais, the philosophy of his giant Pantagruel, "Pantagruelism", is rooted in "a certain gaiety of mind pickled in the scorn of fortuitous things".