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| Gargantua and Pantagruel (Wordsworth Classics of World Literature) | 
 enlarge | Author: Francois Rabelais
Creators: Sir Thomas Urquhart, Peter Anthony Motteux
Publisher: Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 500537
Media: Paperback
Edition: New Ed
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 832
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 7.8 x 5.1 x 1.8
ISBN: 1840221070
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9781840221077
ASIN: 1840221070
Publication Date: July 22, 1999
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Sugar-coated philosophy January 17, 2002
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
This is by far one of the most entertaining works of classical fiction ever written. Like the spoon full of sugar that helps the medicine go down, Rabelais' scatological humour renders his philosophical message, along with his criticisms of his contemporaries, very accessible. In tone it resembles other French classics, such as Voltaire's "Candide", and links can be easily drawn with the works of his fellow Humanists, such as Erasmus. Be warned, however that due to the nature of the subject matter and the humour, this is probably not a good choice for children, the impressionable, and people who find bodily functions, occasionally veiled slightly by euphemism, to be offensive.
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