Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume
- Language:
- English
- Status:
- Complete work
- Authorship:
- Written by the author
- Condition of the text:
- No scanning noise detected (automatic measure over the whole text, not checked by hand)
- Extent:
- ~180,000 words · 858 passages
Cite this work
- APAVoltaire. (n.d.). Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume. Digital reproduction: SigPhi. https://sigphiai.com/en/works/voltaire/voltaire-s-romances-complete-in-one-volume
- MLAVoltaire. Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume. Digital reproduction, SigPhi, https://sigphiai.com/en/works/voltaire/voltaire-s-romances-complete-in-one-volume.
- ChicagoVoltaire. Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume. Digital reproduction, SigPhi. https://sigphiai.com/en/works/voltaire/voltaire-s-romances-complete-in-one-volume.
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What it is about
Voltaire's philosophical tales gathered together: Candide, Zadig, Micromégas, L'Ingénu and the rest, in English translation.
Context and history
Voltaire did not regard these as his real work — he thought of himself as a poet and a writer of tragedies — and published almost all of them unsigned, in some cases denying authorship. Posterity has done exactly the opposite: nobody reads the tragedies now, and Candide has never stopped being reprinted. They are short, fast, and written to demolish one particular idea; Candide attacks the thesis that we live in the best of all possible worlds, formulated by Leibniz, who is also in this catalogue.
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PLATO'S DREAM PLEASURE IN HAVING NO PLEASURE AN ADVENTURE IN INDIA JEANNOT AND COLIN THE TRAVELS OF SCARMENTADO THE GOOD BRAMIN THE TWO COMFORTERS ANCIENT FAITH AND FABLE ILLUSTRATIONS. Voltaire, by Houdon--_Frontispiece._ Voltaire, at seventy Ancient Writing implements, from Pompeii Voltaire in early manhood The White Bull Apis Silence Amasidia The Witch of Endor The Serpent Nebuchadnezzar Lot and his Family Daniel, Ezekiel & Jeremiah Egyptian Priests Winged Bull The Scape Goat Caravan approaching Babylon The Cup Egyptian Archer The Funeral Pyre Oannes--The Fish God Almona Zadig and the Brigand The Basilisk Zadig and the Queen Cador concealing Astarte The Combats The Hermit Freind and his wayward Son Don Jeronimo Bueno Caracurador Condemned by the Inquisition Epictetus the Slave Grand Entrance to Palace The Phœnix The King of Scythia rescued from the Lion The Shrine at Bassora Consulting the Oracle Religious Wars in Albion The Old Man of the Seven Mountains Kissing an Old Man's Toe Gaiety and Frivolity Preservers of Ancient Customs Dancing a _Tambourin_ Clio, the Muse of History The Tax Collector Barefooted Carmelites Entering the Convent The Rack The Priory Entrance The Huron Identified Baptism of Hercules The Separation The Confessional Father Tout-à-tous The Meeting Death of Miss St. Yves A Medieval Exploring Vessel Micromegas captures a Ship The Blank Book The Spiritual Rulers of Persepolis Burying the Dead in Churches Good and Evil Genii Young Memnon Memnon and the Distressed Ninevite Des Touches and Croutef Boodh supported by Serpents The Fakir The Sphinx The Study of Nature The Poor Clergyman Kwan-yin, Burmese, Buddha, and Chinese Ivory Figure The Birth of Minerva and Eve--Androgynous Deities Bacchus and Ariadne Envy…