Gargantua and Pantagruel. ILLUSTRATED

Illustrated by Gustave Doré

The Life of Gargantua and of Pantagruel (in French, La vie
de Gargantua et de Pantagruel) is a connected series of five novels written in
the 16th century by François Rabelais. It is the story of two giants, a father
(Gargantua) and his son (Pantagruel) and their adventures, written in an
amusing, extravagant, satirical vein. There is much crudity and scatological
humor as well as a large amount of violence. Long lists of vulgar insults fill
several chapters.

— Excerpted from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.