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Candide, or Optimism
'The prince of philosophical novels' John UpdikeIn Candide, Voltaire threw down an audacious challenge to the philosophical views of the Enlightenment to create one of the most …
Philosophical Dictionary
Voltaire's Philosophical Dictionary, first published in 1764, is a series of short, radical essays - alphabetically arranged - that form a brilliant and bitter analysis of the …
Treatise on Toleration
Voltaire's Treatise on Toleration is one of the most important essays on religious tolerance and freedom of thought A powerful, impassioned case for the values of freedom of …
Candide
Young Candide is ejected from his idyllic life in a protected castle and finds himself encountering wild adventures and harsh trials that put to the test his teacher’s claim that …
Letters Concerning the English Nation
Voltaire (Francois-Marie Arouet) was born into a wealthy Parisian family in 1694. His intellectual powers made him a justly influential figure in the Enlightenment, but he seemed …
Voltaire: Political Writings
This edition of Voltaire’s political writings presents a varied selection of his most interesting and controversial texts, many of which have not previously been translated into …
Candide and Other Works
With an Introduction and Notes by James Fowler, Senior Lecturer in French, University of Kent …
Anti-machiavel
Candide ou l'Optimisme
Zadig and L'Ingénu
One of Voltaire's earliest tales, Zadig is set in the exotic East and is told in the comic spirit of Candide; L'Ingenu, written after Candide, is a darker tale in which an American …