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.
Feb 6, 2006
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The Book of Deady

Jan 31, 2006
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Complete Works of Voltaire 32A (Complete Works of Voltaire, 32A)

Jan 27, 2006
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Lettres Philosophiques - Derniers Ecrits Sur Dieu

Jan 1, 2006
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Letters on the English

Dec 5, 2005
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Le Siecle De Louis XIV

Aug 25, 2005
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Miracles and Idolatry (Penguin Great Ideas)

Aug 3, 2005
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Deady the Evil Teddy

Jul 26, 2005
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Œuvres complètes de Voltaire (Complete Works of Voltaire) 68 (Complete Works of Voltaire, #68) (Aiuvres Completes De Voltaire, No. 63B)

Jun 29, 2005
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Complete Works of Voltaire 71A (Oeuvres Completes de Voltaire, No. 71A) (Complete Works of Voltaire, 71A)

Jun 7, 2005
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Complete Works of Voltaire 71B (Complete Works of Voltaire, 71B) (Oeuvres Completes de Voltaire, v. 71B)

Feb 1, 2005
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Candide Oder Der Optimismus

Dec 1, 2004
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Deady the Terrible Teddy

Nov 11, 2004
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The Elements of Sir Isaac Newton's Philosophy

Oct 26, 2004
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Complete Works of Voltaire 30C (Complete Works of Voltaire, 30C)

Jul 8, 2004
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Complete Works of Voltaire 3A (Complete Works of Voltaire, 3A)

Jun 30, 2004
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Complete Works of Voltaire 30B (Complete Works of Voltaire, 30B)

Apr 19, 2004
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Complete Works of Voltaire 73 (Complete Works of Voltaire, #73) (Oeuvres Completes de Voltaire, v. 73)

Feb 17, 2004
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Complete Works of Voltaire 3C (Complete Works of Voltaire, 3C)

Jan 1, 2004
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Zaire/Le Fanatisme/Nanine ou l'homme sans prejuge/Le Cafe

Dec 2, 2003
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Complete Works of Voltaire 20B (Complete Works of Voltaire, 20B)

Dec 2, 2003
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Complete Works of Voltaire 16 (Complete Works of Voltaire, #16)

Dec 2, 2003
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Complete Works of Voltaire 30A (Complete Works of Voltaire, 30A)

Oct 1, 2003
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Complete Works of Voltaire 71C (Complete Works of Voltaire, 71C)

Sep 1, 2003
Cover of Candide by Voltaire, Fiction, Classics

Candide by Voltaire, Fiction, Classics