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François Rabelais

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born
December 23, 1492 in Chinon, France

died
March 30, 1553

gender
male

genre
Literature & Fiction

influences
Erasmus


About this author

François Rabelais was a major French Renaissance writer, doctor and Renaissance humanist. He has historically been regarded as a writer of fantasy, satire, the grotesque, and both bawdy jokes and songs.


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Average rating: 3.74 · 3,343 ratings · 180 reviews · 108 distinct works
Gargantua and Pantagruel
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3.7 of 5 stars 3.70 avg rating — 2,568 ratings — published 1532 — 123 editions
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Gargantua
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3.46 of 5 stars 3.46 avg rating — 256 ratings — published 1534 — 25 editions
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Pantagruel
3.64 of 5 stars 3.64 avg rating — 113 ratings — published 1973 — 12 editions
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The Complete Works of Franc...
4.22 of 5 stars 4.22 avg rating — 23 ratings — 2 editions
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The Portable Rabelais
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4.15 of 5 stars 4.15 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1946 — 3 editions
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Le Tiers Livre
3.86 of 5 stars 3.86 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 1973 — 4 editions
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Le quart livre
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3.67 of 5 stars 3.67 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 1993 — 5 editions
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Gargantua and Pantagruel, V...
3.86 of 5 stars 3.86 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2001 — 9 editions
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Three Good Giants, Whose Fa...
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4.75 of 5 stars 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2008 — 5 editions
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Oeuvres complètes - Rabelais
4.8 of 5 stars 4.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — 3 editions
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Quotes by François Rabelais

“I go to seek a Great Perhaps.”
― François Rabelais
tags: death , french-renaissance-writer , last-words , life , meaning-of-life
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“A mother-in-law dies only when another devil is needed in hell.”
― François Rabelais
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“Science without conscience is the soul's perdition.”
― François Rabelais, Pantagruel
tags: conscience , science
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