Peter Anthony Motteux Poradie kníh (chronologicky)

Francios Rabelais (c. 1494-1553), a Franciscan monk who also qualified as a Bachelor of Medicine, was at the centre of the humanist movement and had absorbed a vast amount of learning. Gargantua and Pantagruel parodies everyone from eminent classical authors and schoolmen to Rabelais's own acquaintances. But the brilliance of the book lies not merely in these learned references, but in the seamless story into which they are woven, and in the passion and swiftness of language of an acknowledged master of satire.

Dielo malo byť pôvodne paródiou na rytierske romány. Chudobný zeman Don Quijote, pomätený čítaním rytierskych románov, chce obnoviť starodávne potulné rytierstvo a vydá sa na cestu, aby konal hrdinské činy.