Three Good Giants
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François Rabelais
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As I went on, it did not take me long to discover that it was quite possible for my purpose—following, indeed, the path unconsciously taken in my boyhood—to divide Rabelais sharply into incident and philosophy. That this had not been thought of before surprised, but did not daunt me. I said to myself: I shall limit the incident strictly to his three Giants; I shall hold these, from grandfather to grandson, well together; keep all that is sound in them; cut away the impurity which is not so much of as around them; chisel them out as a sculptor might, and leave his philosophy with face to the wall. This done, I turned the scouring hose, full and strong, upon the incidents themselves, clearing out both dialectics and profanity thoroughly. I did not stop until I had left the famous trio, Grandgousier, Gargantua, and Pantagruel where I had, from the first, hoped to place them,—high and dry above the scum which had so long clogged their rare good-fellowship, and which had made men of judgment blind to the genuine worth that was in them.
In this way I believed that I saw the chance to free Rabelais' Giants, so long kept in bonds, from a captivity which has dishonored them. To do this was clearly running against that good old law which has invariably made all Giants—far back from fairy-time—thunder-voiced, great-toothed, rude-handed, hard-hearted, bloody-minded creatures and truculent captors, never, on any account, pitiful captives. But, to such, the Rabelaisian Giants are none of kin. No more are they of blood to that Giant that Jack slew, or that Giant Despair, in whose garden-court Bunyan dreamt that he saw the white bones of slaughtered pilgrims. - Summary by From the preface (6 hr 16 min)
Chapters
Chapter V (5) The Year Gargantua had Wooden Horses, and what Use he made of the…
7:39
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Chapter VIII (8) Gargantua goes to Paris, and the Big Mare that takes him there.
5:52
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Chapter IX (9) The Parisians laugh at Gargantua. He takes his Revenge by steali…
6:35
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Chapter X (10) Ponocrates, the new Teacher, desires Gargantua to show him how h…
5:20
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Chapter XI (11) The Two Hundred and Fifteen Games of Cards Gargantua knew how t…
5:55
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Chapter XII (12) Gargantua is dosed by Ponocrates, and forgets all that Holofer…
7:54
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Chapter XIV (14) How the Awful War between the Bunmakers of Lerne and Gargantua…
13:53
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Chapter XVI (16) How Grandgousier tried to buy Peace with Five Cart-loads of Bu…
6:48
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Chapter XVII (17) How Gargantua, with a Big Tree, broke down a Castle, and pass…
10:22
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Chapter XVIII (18) How Gargantua combed Cannon-Balls out of his Hair, and how h…
9:17
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Chapter XIX (19) How Friar John comes to the Feast, and how King Grandgousier h…
8:32
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Chapter XXI (21) Showing what Gargantua did after the Battle, and how Grandgous…
12:30
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Chapter XXII (22) Grandgousier's Death. Gargantua's Marriage. Pantagruel is Bor…
9:49
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Chapter XXIV (24) After studying at several Universities, Pantagruel goes to Pa…
9:21
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Chapter XXVI (26) Pantagruel beats the Sorbonne in Argument, and Panurge proves…
14:34
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Chapter XXVII (27) What sort of Man Panurge was, and the many Tricks he knew.
8:33
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Chapter XXVIII (28) Showing why the Leagues are so much shorter in France than …
8:04
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Chapter XXIX (29) How the Cunning of Panurge, with the Aid of Eusthenes and Car…
10:36
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Chapter XXX (30) How Carpalim went hunting for Fresh Meat, and how a Trophy was…
7:40
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Chapter XXXI (31) The Strange Way in which Pantagruel obtained a Victory over t…
9:40
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Chapter XXXII (32) The Wonderful Way in which Pantagruel disposed of the Giant …
12:19
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Chapter XXXIII (33) How Pantagruel finally conquers the Thirsty People, and the…
8:15
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Chapter XXXIV (34) Gargantua comes back from Fairy-land, after which Pantagruel…
3:36
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Chapter XXXV (35) Pantagruel starts on his Travels, and lands at the Island of …
9:08
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Chapter XXXVI (36) Panurge bargains with Dindeno for a Ram, and throws his Ram …
11:35
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Chapter XXXVIII (38) How Pantagruel came to the Islands of Tohu and Bohu. The S…
8:00
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Chapter XXXIX (39) A Great Storm, in which Panurge plays the Coward.
9:42
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Chapter XL (40) The Island of the Macreons and its Forest, in which the Heroes …
9:49
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Chapter XLI (41) Pantagruel touches at the Wonderful Island of Ruach, where Gia…
9:30
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Chapter XLII (42) Pantagruel, with his Darts, kills a Monster which Cannon-Ball…
9:22
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Chapter XLIII (43) Which tells of several Islands, and the Wonderful People who…
14:23
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