Gargantua and Pantagruel, Book I
Author(s): François Rabelais, John Ozell, Peter Antony Motteux
Genre(s): Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales, General Fiction
Narrators: Martin Geeson, Examinfo, Undergroundrailroad, Madmouth, Kalynda, Mario Pineda, Richard Wallis, Humer, Nadine Eckert-Boulet, Jessamy Gloor, Daniel Watkins, Chris Caron, Mark Penfold, Mevans, Ezwa, Alan Davis Drake (1945-2010)
Number of Chapters: 59
Length: 7 hours and 41 minutes
Language: English
The Life of Gargantua and of Pantagruel (in French, La vie de Gargantua et de Pantagruel) is a connected series of five novels written in the 16th century by François Rabelais. It is the story of two giants, a father (Gargantua) and his son (Pantagruel) and their adventures, written in an amusing, extravagant, satirical vein. There is much crudity and scatological humor as well as a large amount of violence. Long lists of vulgar insults fill several chapters.(Summary by Wikipedia)
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Chapter 1.II.—-The Antidoted Fanfreluches: or, a Galimatia of extravagant Conceits found in an ancient Monument (Martin Geeson)
Chapter 1.VII.—After what manner Gargantua had his name given him, and how he tippled, bibbed, and curried the can (undergroundrailroad)
Chapter 1.XIII.—How Gargantua's wonderful understanding became known to his father Grangousier, by the invention of a torchecul or wipebreech (Martin Geeson)
Chapter 1.XVI.—How Gargantua was sent to Paris, and of the huge great mare that he rode on; how she destroyed the oxflies of the Beauce (Mario Pineda)
Chapter 1.XVII.—How Gargantua paid his welcome to the Parisians, and how he took away the great bells of Our Lady's Church (Martin Geeson)
Chapter 1.XVIII.—How Janotus de Bragmardo was sent to Gargantua to recover the great bells (Martin Geeson)
Chapter 1.XX.—How the Sophister carried away his cloth, and how he had a suit in law against the other masters (Martin Geeson)
Chapter 1.XXI.—The study of Gargantua, according to the discipline of his schoolmasters the Sophisters (Richard Wallis)
Chapter 1.XXIII.—How Gargantua was instructed by Ponocrates, and in such sort disciplinated, that he lost not one hour of the day (Richard Wallis)
Chapter 1.XXV.—How there was great strife and debate raised betwixt the cake-bakers of Lerne, and those of Gargantua's country, whereupon were waged great wars (Nadine Eckert-Boulet)
Chapter 1.XXVI.—How the inhabitants of Lerne, by the commandment of Picrochole their king, assaulted the shepherds of Gargantua unexpectedly and on a sudden (Nadine Eckert-Boulet)
Chapter 1.XXVII.—How a monk of Seville saved the close of the abbey from being ransacked by the enemy (Examinfo)
Chapter 1.XXVIII.—How Picrochole stormed and took by assault the rock Clermond, and of Grangousier's unwillingness and aversion from the undertaking of war (Examinfo)
Chapter 1.XXXIII.—How some statesmen of Picrochole, by hairbrained counsel, put him in extreme danger (Martin Geeson)
Chapter 1.XXXIV.—How Gargantua left the city of Paris to succour his country, and how Gymnast encountered with the enemy (Nadine Eckert-Boulet)
Chapter 1.XXXV.—How Gymnast very souply and cunningly killed Captain Tripet and others of Picrochole's men (Nadine Eckert-Boulet)
Chapter 1.XXXVI.—How Gargantua demolished the castle at the ford of Vede, and how they passed the ford (Nadine Eckert-Boulet)
Chapter 1.XXXVII.—How Gargantua, in combing his head, made the great cannon-balls fall out of his hair (Jessamy Gloor)
Chapter 1.XXXIX.—How the Monk was feasted by Gargantua, and of the jovial discourse they had at supper (Martin Geeson)
Chapter 1.XL.—Why monks are the outcasts of the world; and wherefore some have bigger noses than others (Kalynda)
Chapter 1.XLII.—How the Monk encouraged his fellow-champions, and how he hanged upon a tree (Kalynda)
Chapter 1.XLIII.—How the scouts and fore-party of Picrochole were met with by Gargantua, and how the Monk slew Captain Drawforth (Tirevant.), and then was taken prisoner by his enemies (Chris Caron)
Chapter 1.XLIV.—How the Monk rid himself of his keepers, and how Picrochole's forlorn hope was defeated (Mark Penfold)
Chapter 1.XLV.—How the Monk carried along with him the Pilgrims, and of the good words that Grangousier gave them (mevans)
Chapter 1.XLVII.—How Grangousier sent for his legions, and how Touchfaucet slew Rashcalf, and was afterwards executed by the command of Picrochole (Mark Penfold)
Chapter 1.XLVIII.—How Gargantua set upon Picrochole within the rock Clermond, and utterly defeated the army of the said Picrochole (Martin Geeson)
Chapter 1.XLIX.—How Picrochole in his flight fell into great misfortunes, and what Gargantua did after the battle (Ezwa)
The audiobook Gargantua and Pantagruel, Book I falls under the genres of Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales, General Fiction. It is written by François Rabelais, John Ozell, Peter Antony Motteux.