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Gargantua and Pantagruel

by François Rabelais

The giant Gargantua, his son Pantagruel and their friend Panurge eat, drink, argue and go to sea, in five books of glorious excess. The theologians of the Sorbonne condemned it as obscene. Rabelais, a monk turned physician, first published it under an anagram of his name, Alcofribas Nasier.

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Reading time

About 21 hr 30 min

Where to find it

The Unwelcome Spines, beyond the Restricted Catalogue

Edition

Project Gutenberg, eBook #1200. In the public domain in the United States.