The Works of Rabelais

This is a new release of the original 1930s edition.

Francois Rabelais is known through his work more than through the details of his life, which are scanty. Born in the late fifteenth century, he first chose the monastic life, then left to become a lay priest and make a career as a physician, teacher, and writer. Donald M. Frame, (1911-1991) was Professor of French at Columbia University, and a renowned translator of, and expert on, Montaigne and Moliere as well as Rabelais. Raymond C. La Charite is Professor of French at the University of Kentucky and editor of "French Forum" and French Forum Monographs.

Gustave Dore (1832 - 1883) est un graveur dont les premieres lithographies ont ete publiees a l'age de douze ans. Il a tres rapidement acquis une reconnaissance internationale. Autodidacte et exuberant, Gustave Dore a illustre entre 1852 et 1883, plus de 120 volumes parus en France, en Angleterre, en Allemagne et en Russie. Decede en 1883 a l'age de 51 ans, Gustave Dore repose au cimetiere du Pere-Lachaise a Paris. Il a laisse une oeuvre considerable de plus de dix mille pieces.