Voltaire

1,241 books • 36 series

Imprisoned in the Bastille at the age of twenty-three for a criminal libel against the Regent of France, François-Marie Arouet was freed in 1718 with a new name, Voltaire, and the completed manuscript of his first play, Oedipe, which became a huge hit on the Paris stage in the same year. For the rest of his long and dangerously eventful life, this cadaverous genius shone with uninterrupted brilliance as one of the most famous men in the world. Revered, and occasionally reviled, in the royal courts of Europe, his literary outpourings and fearless campaigning against the medieval injustices of church and state in the midst of the ‘Enlightenment’ did much to trigger the French Revolution and to formulate the present notions of democracy. But above all, Voltaire was an observer of the human condition, and his masterpiece Candide stands out as an astonishing testament to his unequalled insight into the way we were and probably always will be.
Oct 9, 2011
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Der Gesunde Menschenverstand Von Pfarrer Jean Meslier

Aug 11, 2011
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A Pocket Philosophical Dictionary

Jun 20, 2011
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Complete Works of Voltaire 72 (Oeuvres Completes de Voltaire, #72) (Complete Works of Voltaire, #72)

May 19, 2011
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Complete Works of Voltaire 139 (Oeuvres Completes de Voltaire, #139) (Complete Works of Voltaire, #139)

Mar 1, 2011
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Die Geschichte Karls XII., Koenigs von Schweden

Feb 1, 2011
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Complete Works of Voltaire 52 (Complete Works of Voltaire, #52)

Jan 12, 2011
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Kandid oder die beste Welt

Dec 7, 2010
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Complete Works of Voltaire 41 (Complete Works of Voltaire, #41)

Nov 22, 2010
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Complete Works of Voltaire 23 (Complete Works of Voltaire, #23)

Sep 15, 2010
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Complete Works of Voltaire 78A (Oeuvres Completes de Voltaire, No. 78A) (Complete Works of Voltaire, 78A)

Aug 19, 2010
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Voltaire's Prose

Aug 19, 2010
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Complete Works of Voltaire 45B (Complete Works of Voltaire, 45B)

Aug 15, 2010
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The history of the war of seventeen hundred and forty one translated from the French of M de Voltaire The third ed In which is now added a continuation of the said history, from the battle of Fontenoy to the treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle

Aug 6, 2010
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A Treatise on Religious Toleration. Occasioned by the Execution of the Unfortunate John Calas; Unjustly Condemned ... for the Supposed Murder of His Own Son. Translated from the French of M. de Voltaire

Aug 5, 2010
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The History of the War of MDCCXLI Containing the History of That War Till the Peace of Aix-La-Chapelle in 1748 in Three Parts by M de Voltaire to Which Is Annexed, a Particular Account of the Rise, Progress, and Extinction of the Rebellion

Jun 24, 2010
Cover of The Philosophical Dictionary. from the French of M. de Voltaire. a New and Correct Edition

The Philosophical Dictionary. from the French of M. de Voltaire. a New and Correct Edition

Jun 24, 2010
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Memoires de M. de Voltaire. Ecrits Par Lui-Meme. La Seconde Edition.

Jun 23, 2010
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Complete Works of Voltaire 45C (Complete Works of Voltaire, 45C)

Jun 10, 2010
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Le Philosophe Ignorant. Avec Un Avis Au Public Sur Les Parricides Imputes Aux Calas & Aux Sirven

Jun 10, 2010
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The Tragedy of Zara. as It Is Acted at the Theatres Royal in Drury-Lane, and Covent-Garden. by Aaron Hill, Esq

Jun 10, 2010
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The History of Charles XII. King of Sweden. by Mr. de Voltaire. Translated from the French. the Sixth Edition

Jun 10, 2010
Cover of The History of Charles XII. King of Sweden. Translated From the French of M. de Voltaire

The History of Charles XII. King of Sweden. Translated From the French of M. de Voltaire

Jun 10, 2010
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The History of Charles XII. King of Sweden. by Mr. de Voltaire. Translated from the French. the Sixth Edition, with Additions, and a Compleat Index.

Jun 10, 2010
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The History of Charles XII. King of Sweden. by Mr. de Voltaire. Translated from the French. with a Complete Index.