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In his preface to this play Voltaire says: "The learned will not here meet with a faithful narrative of Catiline's conspiracy: a tragedy, they very well know, is not a history, but they will see a true...
This tragedy was produced in 1730. It marks Voltaire's spirit of daring in treating a subject from which Shakespeare shrank as, perhaps, too painful for representation. When revived during the Revolution...
Alzire first appeared on the stage in 1736 to great acclaim and success. Alzire is set Lima, Peru, at the time of the Spanish conquest. Don Gusman, a Spanish grandee, has just succeeded his father, Don...
Witty and caustic, Candide has ranked as one of the world's great satires since its first publication in 1759. In the story of the trials and travails of the youthful Candide, his mentor Dr. Pangloss,...
Œdipus was written when Voltaire was but nineteen years of age. It was played for the first time in 1718, and ran for forty-five nights. Du Frêsne, a celebrated actor, and of the same age as the author,...
Orestes was produced in 1750, an experiment which intensely interested the literary world and the public. In his Dedicatory Letters to the Duchess of Maine, Voltaire has the following passage on the Greek...
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Socrates is a play in three acts about Socrates and the events of his trial and eventual death. Satirical in nature it takes aim at government authority and organized religion. Voltaire's contempt for...
"This Comedy is called in the French Nanine, ou le Préjugé Vaincu (Nanine, or Prejudice Overcome). It is written, as we are told in the title-page, in verses of ten syllables. The absurdity of comedies...
It is enough: the power of Salome, By all acknowledged, and by all obeyed, On its firm basis stands immovable: I fled to Azor, with the lightning's speed, Even from Samaria's plain to Jordan's spring,...
This tragedy is founded on historical truth. A duke of Brittany, in the year 1387, commanded the lord of Bavalan to assassinate the constable of Clisson: Bavalan, the day after, told the duke it was done:...
Yet it is too soon. When I possess the crown, your faithful eyes Shall be the witnesses of all my deeds. Stay in this porch, the priestesses to-day Present Olympia to the powers divine: This day in secret...
Fate would make us wretched here, But hope shall dry up every tear; In sorrow he shall give us rest, And make us even in anguish blest: Love shall preserve us from the paths of vice, And strew his flowers...
This powerful work was read by Voltaire to Frederick of Prussia in 1740, to the king's great delight. The play was withdrawn after the fourth representation, under pressure of Church authorities who professed...
This comedy is partly imitated from an English piece, called the Plain Dealer. It does not suit very well for the French stage; the manners are too rough and bold, though much less so than in the original....
This anthology is a thorough introduction to classic literature for those who have not yet experienced these literary masterworks. For those who have known and loved these works in the past, this is an...
A collection containing Candide and the plays Alzire, Amelia, Brutus, Caliline, Mahomet, Mariamne, Merope, Nanine, Oedipus, Olympia, Orestes, Pandora, Semiramis, Socrates, The Orphan of China, The Prude,...
Enriched Classics offer readers accessible editions of great works of literature enhanced by helpful notes and commentary. Each book includes educational tools alongside the text, enabling students and...
"Candide ou l'Optimisme" est un conte philosophique de Voltaire paru à Genève en janvier 1759. Il a été réédité vingt fois du vivant de l’auteurn, ce qui en fait un des plus grands succès littéraires...
Scritto con acuta intelligenza critica e stupefacente senso dell’ironia il Candido di Voltaire si pone come uno dei testi cardine della modernità. In sottile equilibrio tra l’avventura e la parabola,...
Candide, ou l'Optimisme (1759) is a French satire by the Enlightenment philosopher Voltaire, English translations of which have been titled Candide: Or, All for the Best (1759); Candide: Or, The Optimist...
Durante una cena con gli illuminati commensali della corte prussiana, era nato il progetto di un libro in cui mettere alla berlina, procedendo in ordine alfabetico, tutte le credenze, o almeno le più...
Diese Satire wendet sich unter anderem gegen die optimistische Weltanschauung von Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, der die beste aller möglichen Welten postulierte. Stattdessen wird eine Auffassung sichtbar,...
Ever since 1759, when Voltaire wrote "Candide" in ridicule of the notion that this is the best of all possible worlds, this world has been a gayer place for readers. Voltaire wrote it in three days, and...
Candido è un giovane ingenuo e sincero. Orfano dei genitori si dice tuttavia sia figlio illegittimo della sorella del barone tedesco nel cui castello è ospitato. Pangloss è il precettore che il barone...
Candido ovvero l'ottimismo, dato alle stampe nel 1759, è sicuramente il testo più noto di Voltaire. Racconto filosofico e ironico per eccellenza narra, con uno stile asciutto e lineare, le vicende del...
Candide a classé comme l'un des grands satires du monde depuis sa première publication en 1759. Dans l'histoire des essais et des voyages du jeune Candide, son mentor le docteur Pangloss, et une foule...
"Letters Concerning the English Nation" is a series of essays written by Voltaire based on his experiences living in England between 1726 and 1729. François-Marie Arouet (November 1694 – 30 May 1778),...
Une édition de référence de Zadig ou la Destinée de Voltaire, spécialement conçue pour la lecture sur les supports numériques.« Zadig éprouva que le premier mois du mariage, comme il est écrit dans le...
Une édition de référence de Micromégas de Voltaire, spécialement conçue pour la lecture sur les supports numériques.« Dans une de ces planètes qui tournent autour de l'étoile nommée Sirius, il y avait...
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