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Letters on England
The Floating Press 2009; US$ 4.95Letters on England gathers together Voltaire's essays about his time in England between 1726 and 1728. Comparable to Alexis De Tocqueville's Democracy in America , Voltaire looks at English culture as an outsider, giving its culture, society and governing institutions a favorable comparison to their French counterparts. more...
Candide
The Floating Press 1918; US$ 3.95Ever since 1759, when Voltaire wrote "Candide" in ridicule of the notion that this is the best of all possible worlds, this world has been a happier place for readers. Voltaire wrote it in three days, and many generations have found that its laughter does not grow old. more...
Zadig
The Floating Press 2009; US$ 3.99Enlightenment philosopher Voltaire's novel Zadig, or The Book of Fate skillfully weaves the story of its ancient Babylonian philosopher. Not trying for adherence to history, Voltaire's story is full of thinly veiled references to the social and political issues his own time. This appropriately philosophical work holds up human life as being... more...
Voltaire
NuVision Publications, LLC 2003; US$ 3.99Candide is about a man who believes in the philosophy that: 'what happens, happens for the best in the end.' that was taught to him by his personal philosopher Dr. Panlosss. Candide goes through many, many trials and everyone he meets has had something terrible happen to them. He searches the world over for his love Cundgonde. And in the end finds... more...
Philosophy of History
Philosophical Library 1965; US$ 9.99Have you ever wondered how different worldviews have shaped history? How dominant religious or political groups have changed the way past events have been interpreted, written, and recorded? The greatest philosophical mind to come out of the Enlightenment has tackled these very questions in his essay Philosophy of History. Voltaire attempts to reinterpret... more...
Zadig The Book of Fate
ReadHowYouWant 2007; US$ 3.99A Classic tale set in the backdrop of ancient Babylonia, it tells the story of Zadig and his arduous quest for finding true love and happiness. Zadig encounters different types of people in his adventure-packed journey, of which some are good while others are evil. The novel handles the questions of fate, hope and life; it also portrays different sides... more...
Letters on the English
ReadHowYouWant 2006; US$ 3.99Voltaire wrote these letters during his two-year stay in England. The letters are a true reflection of his ideas and his intolerance for the naive. He comments on the religious beliefs, political attitudes and social values of the English. He critically analyzes and satirizes different institutes of England. An engrossing work! more...
Zadig and L'Ingénu
Penguin Books Ltd 2006; Not AvailableOne of Voltaire's earliest tales, Zadig is set in the exotic East and is told in the comic spirit of Candide; L'Ingenu, written after Candide, is a darker tale in which an American Indian records his impressions of France more...
Candide and Other Stories
Oxford University Press, UK 2006; US$ 8.95Candide is the most famous of Voltaire's 'philosophical tales', in which he combined witty improbabilities with the sanest of good sense. This edition includes four other prose tales - Micromegas, Zadig, The Ing--ecirc--;nu, and The White Bull - and a verse tale based on Chaucer's The Wife of Bath's Tale,: What Pleases the Ladies.... more...









