Gargantua and Pantagruel

Gargantua and Pantagruel is a connected series of five books written in the sixteenth century by Francois Rabelais. The first book was published around 1532; the fifth was published after death around 1564 and some believe its attribution to Rabelais doubtful. It is the story of two giants, a father (Gargantua) and his son (Pantagruel) and their fun trips, written in a slightly funny, fancy, critical vein.

Gargantua And Pantagruel Media

• Gustave Doré illustration of a young Pantagruel, who drinks the milk of thousands of cows

• Illustration of Gargantua by Gustave Doré, Chapter XXXVIII

• IllustrationTemplate:Of what? by Gustave Doré, Chapter XXV

• Mardi-Gras, le pourceau volant - Chapitre XLI du Quart Livre.jpg

  IllustrationTemplate:Of what? by Gustave Doré, Chapter XLI

• Doré - Prologue.jpg

  Illustration by Gustave Doré, Gargantua, Author's Prologue

• Gargantua02.jpg

  Illustration for Gargantua by François Rabelais, published in Oeuvres de Rabelais (Paris: Garnier Freres, 1873), Book I, ch. XXII, opposite page 69.