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Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 1

Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 1 by François Rabelais is available here as the complete public-domain text, split into 396 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 1 by François Rabelais. Complete public-domain text from Project Gutenberg eBook #8166.

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Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 1

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  1. Chapter I Chapter 1 3 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II Chapter 2 13 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III Chapter 3 3 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV Chapter 4 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V Chapter 5 2 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI Chapter 6 10 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII Chapter 7 10 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII Chapter 8 15 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX Chapter 9 9 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X Chapter 10 2 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI Chapter 11 7 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII Chapter 12 4 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII Chapter 13 10 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV Chapter 14 6 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV Chapter 15 50 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI Chapter 16 15 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII Chapter 17 7 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII Chapter 18 2 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX Chapter 19 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX Chapter 20 2 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI Chapter 21 1 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII Chapter 22 13 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII Chapter 23 16 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV Chapter 24 9 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV Chapter 25 4 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI Chapter 26 8 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII Chapter 27 16 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII Chapter 28 14 readings five lines each Open chapter
  29. Chapter XXIX Chapter 29 5 readings five lines each Open chapter
  30. Chapter XXX Chapter 30 10 readings five lines each Open chapter
  31. Chapter XXXI Chapter 31 8 readings five lines each Open chapter
  32. Chapter XXXII Chapter 32 5 readings five lines each Open chapter
  33. Chapter XXXIII Chapter 33 9 readings five lines each Open chapter
  34. Chapter XXXIV Chapter 34 1 readings five lines each Open chapter
  35. Chapter XXXV Chapter 35 9 readings five lines each Open chapter
  36. Chapter XXXVI Chapter 36 4 readings five lines each Open chapter
  37. Chapter XXXVII Chapter 37 9 readings five lines each Open chapter
  38. Chapter XXXVIII Chapter 38 4 readings five lines each Open chapter
  39. Chapter XXXIX Chapter 39 9 readings five lines each Open chapter
  40. Chapter XL Chapter 40 6 readings five lines each Open chapter

This edition of Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 1 by François Rabelais carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #8166, divided into 40 chapters and 396 reading sections of 5 sentences each. Every sentence of the source is kept, and each chapter records which sentences cover which part of the story. Any word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry, and each section carries a contextual illustration generated from the passage itself.

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How is Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 1 divided for reading?

Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 1 is presented in 40 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.

Rather than presenting Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 1 as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 396 sections of 5 sentences each. A section is short enough to hold in mind at once, which suits a reader working in a second language or returning to a long work in short sittings. The 40 chapters follow the divisions of the source edition, and each section carries a contextual illustration drawn from the passage it accompanies rather than a stock image.

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Every sentence of Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 1 can be played aloud, and so can any single word within it. Tapping a word plays it on its own and opens its dictionary entry, with the pronunciation shown in IPA alongside the part of speech and meaning. The reading voice uses United States English. This matters most for a work of this period, where a reader meets vocabulary and turns of phrase that are no longer in daily use and cannot be guessed reliably from spelling alone.

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Is this the complete text of Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 1?

Yes. All 1976 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #8166 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

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Project Gutenberg eBook #8166, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 1 take to read?

About 164 minutes of reading across 396 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 1

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Genealogy
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Antiquity
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Gargantua
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Refer
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