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François Rabelais
Born
in Chinon, France July 05, 1492
Died
September 21, 1552
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French humanistFrançois Rabelais wrote satirical attacks, most notablyPantagruel (1532) andGargantua (1534), on medieval scholasticism and superstition.
People historically regarded this major Renaissance doctor of fantasy, satire, the grotesque, bawdy jokes, and songs. Considered of the great of world literature, he created modern Europe. He also published under the names Alcofribas Nasier and Séraphin Calobarsy.
François Rabelais était un des grand écrivains de la Renaissance française, médecin et humaniste. Il a toujours été considéré comme un écrivain de fantaisie, de satire, de grotesque et à la fois de blagues et de chansons de débauche. Rabelais est considéré comme l'un des grands écrivains de la littérature mondiale et parFrench humanistFrançois Rabelais wrote satirical attacks, most notablyPantagruel (1532) andGargantua (1534), on medieval scholasticism and superstition.
People historically regarded this major Renaissance doctor of fantasy, satire, the grotesque, bawdy jokes, and songs. Considered of the great of world literature, he created modern Europe. He also published under the names Alcofribas Nasier and Séraphin Calobarsy.
François Rabelais était un des grand écrivains de la Renaissance française, médecin et humaniste. Il a toujours été considéré comme un écrivain de fantaisie, de satire, de grotesque et à la fois de blagues et de chansons de débauche. Rabelais est considéré comme l'un des grands écrivains de la littérature mondiale et parmi les créateurs de l'écriture européenne moderne. Il a également publié sous les noms Alcofribas Nasier et Séraphin Calobarsy....more
François Rabelais Average rating:3.51
· 25,099 ratings · 1,234 reviews ·1,138 distinct works •Similar authors
 | Gargantua and Pantagruel 3.66 avg rating — 15,820 ratings — published 1532 —733 editions | |
 | Gargantua by 3.23 avg rating — 4,594 ratings — published 1534 —274 editions | |
 | Pantagruel by 3.57 avg rating — 2,514 ratings — published 1532 —139 editions | |
 | Gargantua by 2.42 avg rating — 795 ratings —3 editions | |
 | Gargantua - Bac 2025: Parcours : rire et savoir, la bonne éducation 2.71 avg rating — 239 ratings | |
 | Le Tiers Livre 3.41 avg rating — 182 ratings — published 1546 —87 editions | |
 | Le Quart Livre 3.28 avg rating — 186 ratings — published 1552 —6 editions | |
 | The Complete Works of François Rabelais 4.25 avg rating — 123 ratings — published 1534 —248 editions | |
 | Gargantua and Pantagruel, Book 1 by 3.62 avg rating — 130 ratings — published 1532 —73 editions | |
 | Gargantua and Pantagruel, Volume 2 3.68 avg rating — 72 ratings —68 editions |
Quotes by François Rabelais (?)
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“I go to seek a Great Perhaps.”
― François Rabelais
― François Rabelais
“Seeing how sorrow eats you, defeats you.
I'd rather write about laughing than crying,
For laughter makes men human, and courageous.”
― Francois Rabelais,Gargantua and Pantagruel
I'd rather write about laughing than crying,
For laughter makes men human, and courageous.”
― Francois Rabelais,Gargantua and Pantagruel
Polls
November 2014 Old School Classic Poll
Which book would you like to read for our November 2014 Old School Classic Group Read?
Which book would you like to read for our November 2014 Old School Classic Group Read?
1859,A Tale of Two Cities byCharles Dickens, 489 pages
1842,Dead Souls byNikolai Gogol, 464 pages
1872,Middlemarch byGeorge Eliot, 904 pages
1896,The Island of Dr. Moreau byH.G. Wells, 157 pages
1831,The Hunchback of Notre-Dame byVictor Hugo, 614 pages
1774,The Sorrows of Young Werther byJohann Wolfgang von Goethe, 149 pages
1874,Far from the Madding Crowd byThomas Hardy, 480 pages
1889,A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court byMark Twain, 480 pages
1764,The Castle of Otranto byHorace Walpole, 125 pages
1833,Eugénie Grandet byHonoré de Balzac, 200 pages
1795,Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship byJohann Wolfgang von Goethe, 396 pages
1874,The Temptation of St. Antony byGustave Flaubert, 304 pages
1834,Père Goriot byHonoré de Balzac, 370 pages
1532,Gargantua and Pantagruel byFrançois Rabelais, 1088 pages
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