TY - BOOK AU - Rabelais,François AU - Doré,Gustave AU - Motteux,Peter Anthony AU - Urquhart,Thomas,Sir TI - Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 2 AV - PQ PY - 2004/// CY - Salt Lake City, UT PB - Project Gutenberg KW - Giants -- Fiction KW - Fantasy fiction, French -- Translations into English KW - Gargantua (Legendary character) -- Fiction N1 - Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gargantua_and_Pantagruel; Release date is 2004-08-08; Produced by Sue Asscher and David Widger; Original publication data not identified N2 - "Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 2" by François Rabelais is a novel written in the 16th century. This satirical adventure follows the giant Gargantua from birth through his unconventional education and into war. When neighboring bakers refuse to sell bread to local shepherds, the dispute escalates into full-scale conflict. Gargantua must defend his father's kingdom while navigating questions of proper governance and human folly. Filled with wordplay, vulgarity, and sharp social commentary, the work blends outrageous humor with deeper philosophical concerns about education, power, and society. (This is an automatically generated summary.) UR - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/8167 ER -