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Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 4

by François Rabelais (1832–1883)

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  • 68 chapters
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"Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 4" by François Rabelais is a novel written in the 16th century. This fourth installment chronicles Pantagruel and his companions' sea voyage toward the Divine Bottle. Along the way, they encounter bizarre islands and peculiar inhabitants, endure violent storms, battle a sea-monster, and engage in fierce combat with Chitterlings. Written in Rabelais's characteristically satirical and extravagant style, the book blends vulgar humor, erudition, and wordplay as the travelers navigate increasingly strange adventures across the seas.

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  • Giants
  • Fantasy fiction, French · Translations into English
  • Gargantua (Legendary character)

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Book IV

Translated into English by

Sir Thomas Urquhart of Cromarty

and

Peter Antony Motteux

The text of the first Two Books of Rabelais has been reprinted from the first edition (1653) of Urquhart's translation. Footnotes initialled 'M.' are drawn from the Maitland Club edition (1838); other footnotes are by the translator. Urquhart's translation of Book III. appeared posthumously in 1693, with a new edition of Books I. and II., under Motteux's editorship. Motteux's rendering of Books IV. and V. followed in 1708. Occasionally (as the footnotes indicate) passages omitted by Motteux have been restored from the 1738 copy edited by Ozell.

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Contents

Show all 68 chapters
  1. Book IV
  2. Book IV
  3. Chapter 4.I
  4. Chapter 4.II
  5. Chapter 4.III
  6. Chapter 4.IV
  7. Chapter 4.V
  8. Chapter 4.VI
  9. Chapter 4.VII
  10. Chapter 4.VIII
  11. Chapter 4.IX
  12. Chapter 4.X
  13. Chapter 4.XI
  14. Chapter 4.XII
  15. Chapter 4.XIII
  16. Chapter 4.XIV
  17. Chapter 4.XV
  18. Chapter 4.XVI
  19. Chapter 4.XVII
  20. Chapter 4.XVIII
  21. Chapter 4.XIX
  22. Chapter 4.XX
  23. Chapter 4.XXI
  24. Chapter 4.XXII
  25. Chapter 4.XXIII
  26. Chapter 4.XXIV
  27. Chapter 4.XXV
  28. Chapter 4.XXVI
  29. Chapter 4.XXVII
  30. Chapter 4.XXVIII
  31. Chapter 4.XXIX
  32. Chapter 4.XXX
  33. Chapter 4.XXXI
  34. Chapter 4.XXXII
  35. Chapter 4.XXXIII
  36. Chapter 4.XXXIV
  37. Chapter 4.XXXV
  38. Chapter 4.XXXVI
  39. Chapter 4.XXXVII
  40. Chapter 4.XXXVIII
  41. Chapter 4.XXXIX
  42. Chapter 4.XL
  43. Chapter 4.XLI
  44. Chapter 4.XLII
  45. Chapter 4.XLIII
  46. Chapter 4.XLIV
  47. Chapter 4.XLV
  48. Chapter 4.XLVI
  49. Chapter 4.XLVII
  50. Chapter 4.XLVIII
  51. Chapter 4.XLIX
  52. Chapter 4.L
  53. Chapter 4.LI
  54. Chapter 4.LII
  55. Chapter 4.LIII
  56. Chapter 4.LIV
  57. Chapter 4.LV
  58. Chapter 4.LVI
  59. Chapter 4.LVII
  60. Chapter 4.LVIII
  61. Chapter 4.LIX
  62. Chapter 4.LX
  63. Chapter 4.LXI
  64. Chapter 4.LXII
  65. Chapter 4.LXIII
  66. Chapter 4.LXIV
  67. Chapter 4.LXV
  68. Chapter 4.LXVI
  69. Chapter 4.LXVII

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This free edition of Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 4 by François Rabelais comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #8169, released 2004-08-08. It is in the public domain in the United States, so you can read it here in full at no cost, on any phone, tablet or computer. Genre: Humour, Adventure, Novels, Classics of Literature, French Literature.

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