Dom Juan, athée, plein de verve et de fantaisie, mène une vie faite de plaisirs charnels, séduisant les femmes naïves et manipulant les hommes sans complexes. Sganarelle, son valet, témoin de sa conduite scandaleuse, tente vainement de le comprendre. Avec une étude de la structure de la pièce, des sujets types pour le bac, etc.
François Rabelais holds a unique place in the history of world literature, and no more so than for his extraordinary satirical entertainment Gargantua and Pantagruel. Here the first of these volumes is presented in a new and lively translation. Pantagruel recounts the life a popular giant. From his portentous birth and colorful childhood, to his visit to Paris and his travels through Utopia, and not withstanding his enormous appetite, Pantagruel’s history is told with a breathtaking degree of gaiety and wit. Ingeniously coining new expressions, and with an unashamed obsession with bodily functions, Rabelais blends prose and poetry, the sacred and profound, to offer a heady satire of the religious society of his day. The result is a bawdy and brilliant celebration of life.