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""One of the protean minds produced by Europe, Voltaire left his mark on almost every branch of literature, producing essays, stories, plays, tracts, history, poetry, novels. In his writings the eruptive eighteenth century found a clarion voice that shook the thrones of princes and prelates. His works repeatedly banned, himself periodically exiled and reinstated, he was ultimately laureled like an Olympian deity before his death at eighty-four. This collection encompasses a varied representation of Voltaire's most enduring and vital work: Candide (Part I complete); three of his finest stories; a cross section of his brilliant letters; more than 70 articles from the unique Philosophical Dictionary; a number of the wide-ranging essays; and the long poem, 'The Lisbon earthquake.'"--Page [4] of cover."
"Collects the most significant writings of Voltaire, preceded by a brief biography of the author, a bibliography of his works, and a chronology."
"Includes Part One of Candide; three stories; selections from The Philosophical Dictionary, The Lisbon Earthquake, and other works; and thirty-five letters."@en
"François-Marie Arouet, who later took the name of Voltaire, was the son of a notary. His father wanted him to study the law, but he was determined on a literary career. He gained an introduction to the intellectual life of Paris, and soon won a reputation as a writer of satires and odes--but the suspicion of having written a satire on the Regent procured him six months' imprisonment in the Bastille. His first tragedy, Oedipe (1718) met with great success, and soon after, he published the poem he had written in prison, a national epic, La Henriade (1724), which placed him with Homer and Virgil in the eyes of his contemporaries. After a second term in the Bastille, Voltaire spent three years (1726-1729) in England, and returned to France full of enthusiasm for the intellectual activity and the more tolerant form of government he had found there. His enthusiasm and his indictment of the French system of government are expressed in his Letters on England (1733), whose sale was forbidden in France. He is one of the greatest and most universally known figures in all French literature--poet, dramatist, historian, philosopher, and writer of masterpieces of fiction such as Candide, as well as his widely read Philosophic Dictionary. Throughout his life he never ceased from conducting his energetic attack against all manifestations of tyranny.--From publisher description."

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"The Portable Voltaire"
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"The portable Voltaire : [Candide, Zadig, Micromegas plus letters, essays, and selections from other works]"

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