Principal Works
*Les horribles et espouvantables faictz et prouesses du tres renommé Pantagruel Roy des Dipsodes, filz du grand géant Gargantua [as Alcofrybas Nasier] (satire) 1532 [Pantagruel, King of the Dipsodes, with His Heroic Acts and Prowesses, 1653]
*La vie inestimable du grand Gargantua, père de Pantagruel [as l’abstracteur de quinte essence] (satire) 1534 [The Inestimable Life of the Great Gargantua, Father of Pantagruel, 1653]
†Epistre de Maistre François Rabelais, homme de grans lettres grecques et latines à Jehan Bouchet, traictant des ymaginations qu’on peut avoir touchant la chose désirée (letter) 1545, published in Épitres morales et familières du traverseur
*Le tiers livre des faictz et dictz heroiques du noble Pantagruel (satire) 1546 [Third Book of the Heroic Deeds and Sayings of the Good Pantagruel, 1693]
*Le quart livre des faictz et dictz heroiques du noble Pantagruel (satire) 1552 [Fourth Book of the Heroic Deeds and Sayings of the Good Pantagruel, 1693-94]
‡Le cinquième et dernier livre des faictz et dictz heroiques du noble Pantagruel (satire) 1564 [The Fifth and Last Book of the Heroic Deeds and Sayings of the Good Pantagruel, 1693-94]
L’isle sonante (satire) 1662
Oeuvres., 9 vols. [variorum edition] (satires) 1823-26
Oeuvres. 7 vols. (satires) 1912-65
*These works are commonly referred to as Gargantua and Pantagruel.
†This work was written between 1524 and 1527.
‡The authenticity of this work has been often debated and remains uncertain.
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