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Gargantua and Pantagruel

by Francois Rabelais

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François Rabelais's satirical fantasy novel Gargantua and Pantagruel narrates the story of Giants whose size is so big and an entire nation can fit inside the giant's mouth. The amusing text of the novel made it to become popular inspite of its poorly constructed plot and crudity. Written in two parts this audio edition contains both parts in seperately downloadable files.

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  • Poems and Prologue
  • Chapter 1.I. Of the Genealogy and Antiquity of Gargantua
  • Chapter 1.II. -The Antidoted Fanfreluches: or, a Galimatia of ex
  • Chapter 1.III. How Gargantua was carried eleven months in his mo
  • Chapter 1.IV. -How Gargamelle, being great with Gargantua, did e
  • Chapter 1.V. The Discourse of the Drinkers
  • Chapter 1.VI. How Gargantua was born in a strange manner
  • Chapter 1.VII. After what manner Gargantua had his name given hi
  • Chapter 1.VIII. How they apparelled Gargantua
  • Chapter 1.IX. The colours and liveries of Gargantua
  • Chapter 1.X. Of that which is signified by the colours white and
  • Chapter 1.XI. Of the youthful age of Gargantua
  • Chapter 1.XII. Of Gargantua's wooden horses
  • Chapter 1.XIII. How Gargantua's wonderful understanding became k
  • Chapter 1.XIV. How Gargantua was taught Latin by a Sophister
  • Chapter 1.XV. How Gargantua was put under other schoolmasters
  • Chapter 1.XVI. How Gargantua was sent to Paris, and of the huge
  • Chapter 1.XVII. How Gargantua paid his welcome to the Parisians,
  • Chapter 1.XVIII. How Janotus de Bragmardo was sent to Gargantua
  • Chapter 1.XIX. The oration of Master Janotus de Bragmardo for re
  • Chapter 1.XX. How the Sophister carried away his cloth, and how
  • Chapter 1.XXI. The study of Gargantua, according to the discipli
  • Chapter 1.XXII. The games of Gargantua
  • Chapter 1.XXIII. How Gargantua was instructed by Ponocrates, and
  • Chapter 1.XXIV. How Gargantua spent his time in rainy weather
  • Chapter 1.XXV. How there was great strife and debate raised betw
  • Chapter 1.XXVI. How the inhabitants of Lerne, by the commandment
  • Chapter 1.XXVII. How a monk of Seville saved the close of the ab
  • Chapter 1.XXVIII. How Picrochole stormed and took by assault the
  • Chapter 1.XXIX. The tenour of the letter which Grangousier wrote
  • Chapter 1.XXX. How Ulric Gallet was sent unto Picrochole
  • Chapter 1.XXXI. The speech made by Gallet to Picrochole
  • Chapter 1.XXXII. How Grangousier, to buy peace, caused the cakes
  • Chapter 1.XXXIII. How some statesmen of Picrochole, by hairbrain
  • Chapter 1.XXXIV. How Gargantua left the city of Paris to succour
  • Chapter 1.XXXV. How Gymnast very souply and cunningly killed Cap
  • Chapter 1.XXXVI. How Gargantua demolished the castle at the ford
  • Chapter 1.XXXVII. How Gargantua, in combing his head, made the g
  • Chapter 1.XXXVIII. How Gargantua did eat up six pilgrims in a sa
  • Chapter 1.XXXIX. How the Monk was feasted by Gargantua, and of t
  • Chapter 1.XL. Why monks are the outcasts of the world; and where
  • Chapter 1.XLI. How the Monk made Gargantua sleep, and of his hou
  • Chapter 1.XLII. How the Monk encouraged his fellow-champions, an
  • Chapter 1.XLIII. How the scouts and fore-party of Picrochole wer
  • Chapter 1.XLIV. How the Monk rid himself of his keepers, and how
  • Chapter 1.XLV. How the Monk carried along with him the Pilgrims,
  • Chapter 1.XLVI. How Grangousier did very kindly entertain Touchf
  • Chapter 1.XLVII. How Grangousier sent for his legions, and how T
  • Chapter 1.XLVIII. How Gargantua set upon Picrochole within the r
  • Chapter 1.XLIX. How Picrochole in his flight fell into great mis
  • Chapter 1.L. Gargantua's speech to the vanquished
  • Chapter 1.LI. How the victorious Gargantuists were recompensed a
  • Chapter 1.LII. How Gargantua caused to be built for the Monk the
  • Chapter 1.LIII. How the abbey of the Thelemites was built and en
  • Chapter 1.LIV. The inscription set upon the great gate of Thelem
  • Chapter 1.LV. What manner of dwelling the Thelemites had
  • Chapter 1.LVI. How the men and women of the religious order of T
  • Chapter 1.LVII. How the Thelemites were governed, and of their m
  • Chapter 1.LVIII. A prophetical Riddle
  • For the Reader and Author's Prologue
  • Of the original and antiquity of the great Pantagruel
  • Of the nativity of the most dread and redoubted Pantagruel
  • Of the grief wherewith Gargantua was moved at the decease of his
  • Of the infancy of Pantagruel
  • Of the acts of the noble Pantagruel in his youthful age
  • How Pantagruel met with a Limousin, who too affectedly did count
  • How Pantagruel came to Paris, and of the choice books of the Lib
  • How Pantagruel, being at Paris, received letters from his father
  • How Pantagruel found Panurge, whom he loved all his lifetime
  • How Pantagruel judged so equitably of a controversy, which was w
  • How the Lords of Kissbreech and Suckfist did plead before Pantag
  • How the Lord of Suckfist pleaded before Pantagruel
  • How Pantagruel gave judgment upon the difference of the two lord
  • How Panurge related the manner how he escaped out of the hands o
  • How Panurge showed a very new way to build the walls of Paris
  • Of the qualities and conditions of Panurge
  • How Panurge gained the pardons, and married the old women, and o
  • How a great scholar of England would have argued against Pantagr
  • How Panurge put to a nonplus the Englishman that argued by signs
  • How Thaumast relateth the virtues and knowledge of Panurge
  • How Panurge was in love with a lady of Paris
  • How Panurge served a Parisian lady a trick that pleased her not
  • How Pantagruel departed from Paris, hearing news that the Dipsod
  • A letter which a messenger brought to Pantagruel from a lady of
  • How Panurge, Carpalin, Eusthenes, and Epistemon, the gentlemen a
  • How Pantagruel and his company were weary in eating still salt m
  • How Pantagruel set up one trophy in memorial of their valour, an
  • How Pantagruel got the victory very strangely over the Dipsodes
  • How Pantagruel discomfited the three hundred giants armed with f
  • How Epistemon, who had his head cut off, was finely healed by Pa
  • How Pantagruel entered into the city of the Amaurots, and how Pa
  • How Pantagruel with his tongue covered a whole army, and what th
  • How Pantagruel became sick, and the manner how he was recovered
  • The conclusion of this present book, and the excuse of the autho

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