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Three Good Giants

Name: Three Good Giants
Author: François Rabelais

François Rabelais

Read by Ehsan Ahmed Mehedi, Bill Mosley, ancientdude, Duncan Whipple, Rachel Tevis, littlemissclumsy, Avis Venning, Aaron Zimmerman, czandra, Kathleen Congdon, Gila Labinger Freeberg, twomustangs, DGKemp, Marie Christian and Cbteddy · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License

Chapters

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An Explanation by Way of Preface (10:05)
Chapter I (1) How the First Giants came into the World. (7:43)
Chapter II (2) Gargantua is Born. (6:47)
Chapter III (3) Gargantua as a Baby. (4:24)
Chapter IV (4) The Royal Tailor's Bill for Gargantua's Suit. (3:26)
Chapter V (5) The Year Gargantua had Wooden Horses, and what Use he made of them. (7:39)
Chapter VI (6) How Gargantua was taught Latin. (7:05)
Chapter VII (7) The new Master found for Gargantua. (5:26)
Chapter VIII (8) Gargantua goes to Paris, and the Big Mare that takes him there. (5:52)
Chapter IX (9) The Parisians laugh at Gargantua. He takes his Revenge by stealing the Great Bells of Nôtre Dâme. (6:35)
Chapter X (10) Ponocrates, the new Teacher, desires Gargantua to show him how he used to study with old Master Holofernes. (5:20)
Chapter XI (11) The Two Hundred and Fifteen Games of Cards Gargantua knew how to play. What it was he said after he had gone through the List, and what it was Ponocrates remarked. (5:55)
Chapter XII (12) Gargantua is dosed by Ponocrates, and forgets all that Holofernes had taught him. (7:54)
Chapter XIII (13) How Gargantua was made not to lose one Hour of the Day. (9:16)
Chapter XIV (14) How the Awful War between the Bunmakers of Lerne and Gargantua's Country was begun. (13:53)
Chapter XV (15) How old King Grandgousier received the News. (6:27)
Chapter XVI (16) How Grandgousier tried to buy Peace with Five Cart-loads of Buns. (6:48)
Chapter XVII (17) How Gargantua, with a Big Tree, broke down a Castle, and passed the Ford of Vede. (10:22)
Chapter XVIII (18) How Gargantua combed Cannon-Balls out of his Hair, and how he ate Six Pilgrims in a Salad before Supper. (9:17)
Chapter XIX (19) How Friar John comes to the Feast, and how King Grandgousier had recruited his Army. (8:32)
Chapter XX (20) Gargantua's Mare scores a Victory. (8:44)
Chapter XXI (21) Showing what Gargantua did after the Battle, and how Grandgousier welcomed him Home. (12:30)
Chapter XXII (22) Grandgousier's Death. Gargantua's Marriage. Pantagruel is Born. (9:49)
Chapter XXIII (23) The Strange Things Pantagruel did as a Baby. (10:13)
Chapter XXIV (24) After studying at several Universities, Pantagruel goes to Paris. (9:21)
Chapter XXV (25) Pantagruel finds Panurge, whom he loves all his life. (7:40)
Chapter XXVI (26) Pantagruel beats the Sorbonne in Argument, and Panurge proves that an Englishman's fingers are not so nimble as a Frenchman's. (14:34)
Chapter XXVII (27) What sort of Man Panurge was, and the many Tricks he knew. (8:33)
Chapter XXVIII (28) Showing why the Leagues are so much shorter in France than in Germany. (8:04)
Chapter XXIX (29) How the Cunning of Panurge, with the Aid of Eusthenes and Carpalim, discomfited Six Hundred and Sixty Horsemen. (10:36)
Chapter XXX (30) How Carpalim went hunting for Fresh Meat, and how a Trophy was set up. (7:40)
Chapter XXXI (31) The Strange Way in which Pantagruel obtained a Victory over the Thirsty People. (9:40)
Chapter XXXII (32) The Wonderful Way in which Pantagruel disposed of the Giant Loupgarou and his Two Hundred and Ninety-Nine Giants. (12:19)
Chapter XXXIII (33) How Pantagruel finally conquers the Thirsty People, and the strange business Panurge finds for King Anarchus. (8:15)
Chapter XXXIV (34) Gargantua comes back from Fairy-land, after which Pantagruel prepares for another Trip. (3:36)
Chapter XXXV (35) Pantagruel starts on his Travels, and lands at the Island of Pictures. (9:08)
Chapter XXXVI (36) Panurge bargains with Dindeno for a Ram, and throws his Ram overboard. (11:35)
Chapter XXXVII (37) The Island of Alliances. (5:07)
Chapter XXXVIII (38) How Pantagruel came to the Islands of Tohu and Bohu. The Strange Death of Widenostrils, the Swallower of Windmills. (8:00)
Chapter XXXIX (39) A Great Storm, in which Panurge plays the Coward. (9:42)
Chapter XL (40) The Island of the Macreons and its Forest, in which the Heroes who are tempted by Demons die. (9:49)
Chapter XLI (41) Pantagruel touches at the Wonderful Island of Ruach, where Giant Widenostrils had found the Cocks and Hens which killed him. How the People lived by Wind. (9:30)
Chapter XLII (42) Pantagruel, with his Darts, kills a Monster which Cannon-Balls could not hurt. The Power of the Sign of the Cross. (9:22)
Chapter XLIII (43) Which tells of several Islands, and the Wonderful People who dwell in them. (14:23)