Rabelais, François

Rabelais, François răbˈəlā, Fr. fräNswäˈ räblāˈ [key], c.1490–1553, French writer and physician, one of the great comic geniuses in world literature. His father, a lawyer, owned several estates, including “La Devinière,” near Chinon, the presumed birthplace of Rabelais.

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• Introduction
• Later Life
• Gargantua and Pantagruel
• Early Life
• Bibliography

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