Voltaire
Candide (version 2)
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Voltaire
Candide is a relentless, brutal assault on government, society, religion, education, and, above all, optimism. Dr. Pangloss teaches his youn…
Candide
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Voltaire
Candide, ou l’Optimisme, (“Candide, or Optimism”) (1759) is a picaresque novel by the Enlightenment philosopher Voltaire. Voltaire never ope…
Library of the World's Best Mystery and Detective Stories, Volume 4
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Various
In the six volumes of the Library of the World's Best Mystery and Detective Stories, Julian Hawthorne presents us thrilling and mysterious s…
Zadig or the Book of Fate
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Voltaire
Zadig, ou La Destinée, ("Zadig, or The Book of Fate") (1747) is a famous novel written by the French Enlightenment philosop…
Short Science Fiction Collection 006
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Science fiction (abbreviated SF or sci-fi with varying punctuation and case) is a broad genre of fiction that often involves sociological an…
An Essay on Crimes and Punishments
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Voltaire
Beccaria's treatise On Crimes and Punishments, which condemns disproportionate and irrational penalties in general as well as torture and th…
International Short Stories Volume 3: French Stories
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Variousandfrancis J. Reynolds
The third book of a three volume anthology of international short stories, we now turn to French stories. Authors include Honoré de B…
Candide (version 3)
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Voltaire
Ever since 1759, when Voltaire wrote "Candide" in ridicule of the notion that this is the best of all possible worlds, this world …
Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 022
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A collection of nineteen short nonfiction works in the public domain. The selections included in this collection were independently chosen …
The Sincere Huron (L'Ingénu)
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Voltaire
L'Ingénu is a satirical novella by the French writer Voltaire, published in 1767. It tells the story of a Huron Indian transported to…
Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 003
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A collection of ten short nonfiction works in the public domain. The essays, speeches and reports included in this collection were independ…
Letters on England
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Voltaire
Voltaire spent his early thirties in England as an exile following the Bastille imprisonment for his satires. With passionate admiration, he…
Eighteenth Century Poetry and Prose
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A collection of prose and poetry written principally in the 18th Century. These works of world literature are written in the English languag…
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 044
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Nineteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include wives, widows, and women scorned--…
Zadig or The Book of Fate (Version 2)
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Voltaire
"there is no Evil under the Sun, but some Good proceeds from it:" -- this quote from this novel sums it up. One of Voltaire's most…