Works
- Gargantua and Pantagruel, a series of four or five books including:
- Pantagruel (1532)
- La vie très horrifique du grand Gargantua, usually called Gargantua (1534)
- Le Tiers Livre ("The third book", 1546)
- Le Quart Livre ("The fourth book", 1552)
- Le Cinquiesme Livre (A fifth book, whose attribution to Rabelais is debated)
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