Fran Ois eBooks

Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims. E-book. Formato Mobipocket Francois Duc De La Rochefoucauld   -  Jh, 2019  - 

This famed work by a noted French author of the Renaissance era, seventeenth-century nobleman François de La Rochefoucauld, offers hundreds of brief, brutally honest observations of humankind and its self-serving nature. The perfect read for any realist—or anyone with the desire to evaluate their moral standing—this edition includes three supplements with additional maxims and essays.

Gargantua and Pantagruel. E-book. Formato Mobipocket Francois Rabelais   -  Jh, 2019  - 

First published in four volumes between 1532 and 1552, Rabelais' comic masterpiece chronicles the adventures of a giant, Gargantua, and his son, Pantagruel. More than four centuries later, the terms "gargantuan" and "Rabelaisian" are synonymous with earthy humor, a surfeit of good food and drink, and pleasures of the flesh.