Voltaire: 685 books

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 picture of the manners of those times: all that Cicero, Catiline, Cato and Cæsar do in this piece...

The Chinese tragedy, which they call "The Orphan," was taken out of an immense collection of the theatrical performances of that nation, which has cultivated this art for about three thousand years before it was invented by the Greeks, the art of making living portraits of the actions of men, establishing...

EXTRAIT:   LA FÊTE DE BÉLÉBAT   A SON ALTESSE SÉRÉNISSIME   MADEMOISELLE DE CLERMONT   Les citoyens de Bélébat ne peuvent vous rendre compte que de leurs divertissements...

L'Ingénu (French: [lɛ̃ʒeny]) is a satirical novella by the French writer Voltaire, published in 1767. It tells the story of a Huron called "Child of Nature" who, after having crossed the Atlantic to England, crosses into Brittany, France in the 1690s. Upon arrival, a prior notices...

François-Marie Arouet wrote under the nom de plume of Voltaire, and produced works in almost every literary form, including plays, poems, novels, essays, and historical and scientific works. This tragedy is founded on historical truth. A duke of Brittany, in the year 1387, commanded the lord of Bavalan...

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. The English seem to take too much liberty, and the French too little. -Voltaire Wilder Publications...

Welcome to the 3 Books To Know series, our idea is to help readers learn about fascinating topics through three essential and relevant books. These carefully selected works can be fiction, non-fiction, historical documents or even biographies. We will always select for you three great...

EXTRAIT: CHAPITRE I. Comment le prieur de Notre-Dame de la Montagne et mademoiselle sa soeur rencontrèrent un Huron. Un jour saint Dunstan, Irlandais de nation et saint de profession, partit d'Irlande sur une petite montagne qui vogua vers les côtes de France,...

L'illuminismo è l'uscita dell'uomo dallo stato di minorità. Minorità è l'incapacità di valersi del proprio intelletto senza la guida di un altro». Sull'Illuminismo (e non solamente su quello) Kant aveva certamente le idee chiare. Ma certo non meno chiare erano le idee di Voltaire, che di quella...

Histoire de l’empire de Russie sous Pierre-le-Grand est un essai de l'écrivain et philosophe français Voltaire (1694 – 1778). Ce livre numérique présente l'édition intégrale (Les 2 Tomes) et comporte une table des matières dynamique. Il est parfaitement mise en page pour une lecture sur liseuse électronique.

Originally published in 1759, this early work by French philosopher Voltaire is both expensive and hard to find in its first edition. It is a satirical novella about a young man losing his optimism under the pressures and hardships of the world. This seminal work is highly recommended and a must have...

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 drama: "We should not, I acknowledge, endeavor to imitate what is weak and defective in the ancients:...

Candide oder der Optimismus (frz. Originaltitel Candide ou l'optimisme (1758 verfasst), ist ein 1759 anonym erschienener satirischer Roman des französischen Philosophen Voltaire. Im Jahr 1776 erschien eine deutsche Übersetzung unter dem Titel Candide oder die beste aller Welten. Diese Satire wendet...

This edition includes a modern introduction and a list of suggested further reading.  Voltaire's Philosophical Dictionary is one of the most emblematic works of the French Enlightenment. Caustic, witty, and bold, the work was accused by French authorities of undermining the foundations of civil society,...