Gargantua and Pantagruel

by François Rabelais

Publishers:

Encyclopedia Britannica; Robert P. Gwinn

, 1990

Overview

The makers of Encyclopaedia Britannica bring you one of the Great Books of the Western World. This text captures major ideas, stories, and discoveries that helped shape Western culture.

Contents

Top Highlights

“Of commutative justice, in buying dear, I say upon trust, and selling goods cheap, that is, for ready money.” (Page 134)

“Be still indebted to somebody or other, that there may be somebody always to pray for you;” (Page 135)

Product Details

• Title: Gargantua and Pantagruel
• Author: François Rabelais
• Edition: Second Edition
• Series: Great Books of the Western World
• Volume: 22
• Publishers: Encyclopedia Britannica, Robert P. Gwinn
• Print Publication Date: 1990
• Logos Release Date: 2016
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Gargantua (Legendary character) › Fiction; Giants › Fiction
• ISBNs: 0852295316, 9780852295311
• Resource ID: LLS:GBWW22
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T00:11:17Z

About François Rabelais

François Rabelais (c. 1494 – 9 April 1553) was a major French Renaissance writer, doctor and Renaissance humanist. He has historically been regarded as a writer of fantasy, satire, the grotesque, and bawdy jokes and songs.