Gargantua and Pantagruel

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Jun 5, 2022
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Gargantua and Pantagruel is the story of the giant Gargantua and his equally giant son Pantagruel. Together they fight off the invading army of Picrochole and go on many adventures together filled with crudity, scatological humor, and a significant amount of violence. Gargantua and Pantagruel is a darkly humorous satire of renaissance life and the royal upper class. Between the rivers of urine and sexual innuendos is a challenging story about marriage, the meaning behind names and classism. Gargantua and Pantagruel is a highly influential work of literature that has inspired authors in this collection, including Jonathan Swift and Laurence Sterne.