Gargantua and Pantagruel, Book V
by François Rabelais
- Genres: Myths, legends & fairy tales
- Languages: English
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The Life of Gargantua and of Pantagruel (in French, La vie de Gargantua et de Pantagruel) is a connected series of five novels written in the 16th century by François 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. There is much crudity and scatological humor as well as a large amount of violence. Long lists of vulgar insults fill several chapters. - Summary by Wikipedia
Chapters
How we passed through the wicket inhabited by Gripe-men-all, Archduke of the Furred Law-cats
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How Pantagruel came to the island of the Apedefers, or Ignoramuses, with long claws and crooked paws, and of terrible adventures and monsters there
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How our ships were stranded, and we were relieved by some people that were subject to Queen Whims (qui tenoient de la Quinte)
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How Queen Whims' officers were employed; and how the said lady retained us among her abstractors
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How there was a ball in the manner of a tournament, at which Queen Whims was present
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How Panurge asked a Semiquaver Friar many questions, and was only answered in monosyllables
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How we went underground to come to the Temple of the Holy Bottle, and how Chinon is the oldest city in the world
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How the battle in which the good Bacchus overthrew the Indians was represented in mosaic work
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How the Priestess Bacbuc showed us a fantastic fountain in the temple, and how the fountain-water had the taste of wine, according to the imagination of those who drank of it
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