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    The Portable Voltaire

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    Author Voltaire
    Edited by Ben Ray Redman
    Introduction by Ben Ray Redman
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    $23.00 US
    Penguin Adult HC/TR | Penguin Classics
    5.08"W x 7.7"H x 1.3"D   | 16 oz | 32 per carton
    On sale Jul 28, 1977 | 576 Pages | 9780140150414
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    Includes Part One of Candide; three stories; selections from The Philosophical Dictionary, The Lisbon Earthquake, and other works; and thirty-five letters.
    Voltaire (Francois-Marie Arouet) (1694-1778), was one of the key thinkers or “philosophes” of the European Enlightenment. Of his many literary works, Candide remains the most popular. View titles by Voltaire
    Editor's Introduction
    Some Dates in the Life of Voltaire
    A Brief Biography of Works by Voltaire
    Philosophical Dictionary
    Selections
    Miscellany
    Candide
    Zadig
    Micromegas
    Story of a Good Brahmin
    Letters
    To Frederick the Great
    Miscellaneous Letters
    Selections from The English Letters
    Essay on the Manners and Spirit of Nations
    Recapitulation
    The Lisbon Earthquake
    Author's Preface
    The Lisbon Earthquake

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    Includes Part One of Candide; three stories; selections from The Philosophical Dictionary, The Lisbon Earthquake, and other works; and thirty-five letters.

    Author

    Voltaire (Francois-Marie Arouet) (1694-1778), was one of the key thinkers or “philosophes” of the European Enlightenment. Of his many literary works, Candide remains the most popular. View titles by Voltaire

    Table of Contents

    Editor's Introduction
    Some Dates in the Life of Voltaire
    A Brief Biography of Works by Voltaire
    Philosophical Dictionary
    Selections
    Miscellany
    Candide
    Zadig
    Micromegas
    Story of a Good Brahmin
    Letters
    To Frederick the Great
    Miscellaneous Letters
    Selections from The English Letters
    Essay on the Manners and Spirit of Nations
    Recapitulation
    The Lisbon Earthquake
    Author's Preface
    The Lisbon Earthquake

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