Voltaire: Collected Romances: 20+ Novels, Short Stories, Satires & Fables (Illustrated Edition)
Candide, Zadig, The Huron, Plato's Dream, Micromegas, The White BullBy Voltaire
Length30h 21m
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In "Voltaire: Collected Romances: 20+ Novels, Short Stories, Satires & Fables (Illustrated Edition)", the iconic Enlightenment thinker showcases his unparalleled talent in weaving intricate narratives that challenge societal norms and illuminate the complexities of human nature. This carefully curated anthology presents a diverse collection comprising not only his celebrated novels but also lesser-known short stories and fables, illustrated to enhance the reading experience. Voltaire's signature wit and incisive satire engage with themes of philosophy, religion, and social critique, reflecting the intellectual currents of 18th-century France while addressing timeless human concerns. Voltaire, a prolific writer and a fiercely independent thinker, was deeply influenced by his experiences in a society rife with censorship and dogma. His commitment to freedom of expression and advocacy for civil liberties is brilliantly mirrored in these works, many of which were crafted during periods of personal exile or political turmoil. His life, marked by controversy and resilience, enriched his storytelling, allowing him to satirize and critique the prevailing injustices of his time with both humor and gravitas. This illustrated edition is a treasure trove for readers who seek to appreciate the genius of Voltaire in a multifaceted way. Both seasoned scholars and new readers will find this collection an indispensable resource that not only entertains but also provokes thought, making it a perfect addition to any literary library.
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Table of contents
1Introduction
103CHAPTER V. HOW THE WISE MAMBRES CONDUCTED HIMSELF WISELY.
2CHAPTER I. HOW CANDIDE WAS BROUGHT UP IN A MAGNIFICENT CASTLE AND HOW HE WAS DRIVEN THENCE.
104CHAPTER VI. HOW MAMBRES MET THREE PROPHETS, AND GAVE THEM A GOOD DINNER.
3CHAPTER II. WHAT BEFELL CANDIDE AMONG THE BULGARIANS.
105CHAPTER VII. HOW KING AMASIS WANTED TO GIVE THE WHITE BULL TO BE DEVOURED BY THE FISH OF JONAH, AND DID NOT DO IT.
4CHAPTER III. HOW CANDIDE ESCAPED FROM THE BULGARIANS, AND WHAT BEFELL HIM AFTERWARDS.
106CHAPTER VIII. HOW THE SERPENT TOLD STORIES TO THE PRINCESS TO COMFORT HER.
5CHAPTER IV. HOW CANDIDE FOUND HIS OLD MASTER PANGLOSS AGAIN AND WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM.
107CHAPTER IX. HOW THE SERPENT DID NOT COMFORT THE PRINCESS.
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6CHAPTER V. A TEMPEST, A SHIPWRECK, AN EARTHQUAKE; AND WHAT ELSE BEFELL DR. PANGLOSS, CANDIDE, AND JAMES THE ANABAPTIST.
108CHAPTER X. HOW THEY WANTED TO BEHEAD THE PRINCESS, AND DID NOT DO IT.
7CHAPTER VI. HOW THE PORTUGUESE MADE A SUPERB AUTO-DA-FÉ TO PREVENT ANY FUTURE EARTHQUAKES, AND HOW CANDIDE UNDERWENT PUBLIC FLAGELLATION.
109CHAPTER XI. APOTHEOSIS OF THE WHITE BULL. TRIUMPH OF THE WISE MAMBRES. THE SEVEN YEARS PROCLAIMED BY DANIEL ARE ACCOMPLISHED. NEBUCHADNEZZAR RESUMES THE HUMAN FORM, MARRIES THE BEAUTIFUL AMASIDIA, AND ASCENDS THE THRONE OF BABYLON.
8CHAPTER VII. HOW THE OLD WOMAN TOOK CARE OF CANDIDE, AND HOW HE FOUND THE OBJECT OF HIS LOVE.
110I. NATIONAL POVERTY.
9CHAPTER VIII. CUNEGUND’S STORY.
111II. DISASTER OF THE MAN OF FORTY CROWNS.
10CHAPTER IX. WHAT HAPPENED TO CUNEGUND, CANDIDE, THE GRAND INQUISITOR, AND THE JEW.
112III. CONVERSATION WITH A GEOMETRICIAN.
11CHAPTER X. IN WHAT DISTRESS CANDIDE, CUNEGUND, AND THE OLD WOMAN ARRIVE AT CADIZ; AND OF THEIR EMBARKATION.
113IV. AN ADVENTURE WITH A CARMELITE.
12CHAPTER XI. THE HISTORY OF THE OLD WOMAN.
114V. AUDIENCE OF THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL.
13CHAPTER XII. THE ADVENTURES OF THE OLD WOMAN CONTINUED.
115VI. THE MAN OF FORTY CROWNS MARRIES, BECOMES A FATHER, AND DESCANTS UPON THE MONKS.
14CHAPTER XIII. HOW CANDIDE WAS OBLIGED TO LEAVE THE FAIR CUNEGUND AND THE OLD WOMAN.
116VII. ON TAXES PAID TO A FOREIGN POWER.
15CHAPTER XIV. THE RECEPTION CANDIDE AND CACAMBO MET WITH AMONG THE JESUITS IN PARAGUAY.
117VIII. ON PROPORTIONS.
16CHAPTER XV. HOW CANDIDE KILLED THE BROTHER OF HIS DEAR CUNEGUND.
118IX. A GREAT QUARREL.
17CHAPTER XVI. WHAT HAPPENED TO OUR TWO TRAVELLERS WITH TWO GIRLS, TWO MONKEYS, AND THE SAVAGES, CALLED OREILLONS.
119X. A RASCAL REPULSED.
18CHAPTER XVII. CANDIDE AND HIS VALET ARRIVE IN THE COUNTRY OF EL DORADO — WHAT THEY SAW THERE.
120XI. THE GOOD SENSE OF MR. ANDREW.
19CHAPTER XVIII. WHAT THEY SAW IN THE COUNTRY OF EL DORADO.
121XII. The GOOD SUPPER AT MR. ANDREW'S.
20CHAPTER XIX. WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM AT SURINAM, AND HOW CANDIDE BECAME ACQUAINTED WITH MARTIN.
122I. ROYAL CONTEST FOR THE HAND OF FORMOSANTA.
21CHAPTER XX. WHAT BEFELL CANDIDE AND MARTIN ON THEIR PASSAGE.
123II. THE KING OF BABYLON CONVENES HIS COUNCIL, AND CONSULTS THE ORACLE.
22CHAPTER XXI. CANDIDE AND MARTIN, WHILE THUS REASONING WITH EACH OTHER, DRAW NEAR TO THE COAST OF FRANCE.
124III. ROYAL FESTIVAL GIVEN IN HONOR OF THE KINGLY VISITORS. THE BIRD CONVERSES ELOQUENTLY WITH FORMOSANTA.
23CHAPTER XXII. WHAT HAPPENED TO CANDIDE AND MARTIN IN FRANCE.
125IV. THE BEAUTIFUL BIRD IS KILLED BY THE KING OF EGYPT. FORMOSANTA BEGINS A JOURNEY. ALDEA ELOPES WITH THE KING OF SCYTHIA.
24CHAPTER XXIII. CANDIDE AND MARTIN TOUCH UPON THE ENGLISH COAST — WHAT THEY SEE THERE.
126V. FORMOSANTA VISITS CHINA AND SCYTHIA IN SEARCH OF AMAZAN.
25CHAPTER XXIV. OF PACQUETTE AND FRIAR GIROFLÉE.
127VI. THE PRINCESS CONTINUES HER JOURNEY.
26CHAPTER XXV. CANDIDE AND MARTIN PAY A VISIT TO SEIGNOR POCOCURANTÉ, A NOBLE VENETIAN.
128VII. AMAZAN VISITS ALBION.
27CHAPTER XXVI. CANDIDE AND MARTIN SUP WITH SIX SHARPERS — WHO THEY WERE.
129VIII. AMAZAN LEAVES ALBION TO VISIT THE LAND OF SATURN.
28CHAPTER XXVII. CANDIDE’S VOYAGE TO CONSTANTINOPLE.
130IX. AMAZAN VISITS ROME.
29CHAPTER XXVIII. WHAT BEFELL CANDIDE, CUNEGUND, PANGLOSS, MARTIN, ETC.
131X. AN UNFORTUNATE ADVENTURE IN GAUL.
30CHAPTER XXIX. IN WHAT MANNER CANDIDE FOUND MISS CUNEGUND AND THE OLD WOMAN AGAIN.
132XI. AMAZAN AND FORMOSANTA BECOME RECONCILED.
31CHAPTER XXX. CONCLUSION.
133INTRODUCTION.
32CHAPTER I. HOW CANDIDE QUITTED HIS COMPANIONS, AND WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM.
134CHAPTER I. ADVENTURES OF JOHNNY, A YOUNG ENGLISHMAN. WRITTEN BY DONNA LAS NALGAS.
33CHAPTER II. WHAT BEFELL CANDIDE IN THIS HOUSE — HOW HE GOT OUT OF IT.
135CHAPTER II. CONTINUATION OF THE ADVENTURES OF JOHN, THE YOUNG ENGLISHMAN; ALSO THOSE OF HIS WORTHY FATHER, D.D., M.P., AND F.R.S.
34CHAPTER III. CANDIDE’S RECEPTION AT COURT AND WHAT FOLLOWED.
136CHAPTER III. SUMMARY OF THE CONTROVERSY OF THE "BUTS," BETWEEN MR. FREIND AND DON INIGO-Y-MEDROSO, Y-COMODIOS, Y-PAPALAMIENDOS, BACHELOR OF SALAMANCA.
35CHAPTER IV. FRESH FAVORS CONFERRED ON CANDIDE; HIS GREAT ADVANCEMENT.
137CHAPTER IV. JOHN RETURNS TO LONDON, AND IS LED INTO BAD COMPANY.
36CHAPTER V. HOW CANDIDE BECAME A VERY GREAT MAN, AND YET WAS NOT CONTENTED.
138CHAPTER V. THEY WANT TO GET JOHN MARRIED.
37CHAPTER VI. THE PLEASURES OF CANDIDE.
139CHAPTER VI. A TERRIBLE ADVENTURE.
38CHAPTER VII. THE HISTORY OF ZIRZA.
140CHAPTER VII. WHAT HAPPENED IN AMERICA.
39CHAPTER VIII. CANDIDE’S DISGUSTS — AN UNEXPECTED MEETING.
141CHAPTER VIII. DIALOGUE BETWEEN FREIND AND BIRTON ON ATHEISM.
40CHAPTER IX. CANDIDE’S DISGRACES, TRAVELS, AND ADVENTURES.
142CHAPTER IX. ON ATHEISM.
41CHAPTER X. CANDIDE AND PANGLOSS ARRIVE AT THE PROPONTIS — WHAT THEY SAW THERE — WHAT BECAME OF THEM.
143CHAPTER X. ON ATHEISM.
42CHAPTER XI. CANDIDE CONTINUES HIS TRAVELS.
144CHAPTER XI. RETURN TO ENGLAND—JOHN'S MARRIAGE.
43CHAPTER XII. CANDIDE STILL CONTINUES HIS TRAVELS — NEW ADVENTURES.
145MEMNON THE PHILOSOPHER
44CHAPTER XIII. THE HISTORY OF ZENOIDA — HOW CANDIDE FELL IN LOVE WITH HER.
146THE BLACK AND THE WHITE
45CHAPTER XIV. CONTINUATION OF THE LOVES OF CANDIDE.
147THE WORLD AS IT GOES
46CHAPTER XV. THE ARRIVAL OF WOLHALL — A JOURNEY TO COPENHAGEN.
148ANDRÉ DES TOUCHES AT SIAM
47CHAPTER XVI. HOW CANDIDE FOUND HIS WIFE AGAIN AND LOST HIS MISTRESS.
149BABABEC
48CHAPTER XVII. HOW CANDIDE HAD A MIND TO KILL HIMSELF, AND DID NOT DO IT — WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM AT AN INN.
150JEANNOT AND COLIN
49CHAPTER XVIII. CANDIDE AND CACAMBO GO INTO A HOSPITAL — WHOM THEY MEET THERE.
151THE TRAVELS OF SCARMENTADO1
50CHAPTER XIX. NEW DISCOVERIES.
152A CONVERSATION WITH A CHINESE
51CHAPTER XX. CONSEQUENCE OF CANDIDE’S MISFORTUNE — HOW HE FOUND HIS MISTRESS AGAIN — THE FORTUNE THAT HAPPENED TO HIM.
153PLATO'S DREAM
52I. THE BLIND OF ONE EYE.
154PLEASURE IN HAVING NO PLEASURE
53II. THE NOSE.
155AN ADVENTURE IN INDIA
54III. THE DOG AND THE HORSE.
156THE GOOD BRAHMIN
55IV. THE ENVIOUS MAN.
157THE TWO COMFORTERS
56V. THE GENEROUS.
158ANCIENT FAITH AND FABLE
57VI. THE MINISTER.
159I. INTRODUCTION.
58VII. THE DISPUTES AND THE AUDIENCES.
160II. THE STUDY OF NATURE.
59VIII. JEALOUSY.
161III. GOOD ADVICE.
60IX. THE WOMAN BEATER.
162IV. DIALOGUE UPON THE SOUL AND OTHER TOPICS.
61X. SLAVERY.
163A DIALOGUE BETWEEN MARCUS AURELIUS AND A RECOLLET FRIAR
62XI. THE FUNERAL PILE.
164DIALOGUE BETWEEN A BRAHMIN AND A JESUIT
63XII. THE SUPPER.
165DIALOGUES BETWEEN LUCRETIUS AND POSIDONIUS
64XIII. THE RENDEZVOUS.
166DIALOGUE BETWEEN A CLIENT AND HIS LAWYER
65XIII.(1) THE DANCE.
167DIALOGUE BETWEEN MADAME DE MAINTENON AND MADEMOISELLE DE L’ENCLOS1
66XIII.(2) BLUE EYES.
168DIALOGUE BETWEEN A SAVAGE AND A BACHELOR OF ARTS
67XIV. THE ROBBER.
169PREFACE
68XV. THE FISHERMAN.
170EARLY LIFE
69XVI. THE BASILISK.
171HEGIRA TO ENGLAND
70XVII. THE COMBATS.
172EXAMPLES FROM ENGLAND
71XVIII. THE HERMIT.
173AT CIREY
72XIX. THE ENIGMAS.
174“CANDIDE”
73I. A VOYAGE TO THE PLANET SATURN, BY A NATIVE OF SIRIUS.
175THE ENCYCLOPÆDIA
74II. THE CONVERSATION BETWEEN MICROMEGAS AND THE INHABITANT OF SATURN.
176LAST DAYS
75III. THE VOYAGE OF THESE INHABITANTS OF OTHER WORLDS.
177HIS CHARACTER AND SERVICES
76IV. WHAT BEFELL THEM UPON THIS OUR GLOBE.
178TRIBUTES TO VOLTAIRE
77V. THE TRAVELERS CAPTURE A VESSEL.
179History
78VI. WHAT HAPPENED IN THEIR INTERCOURSE WITH MEN.
180Wars
79I. THE HURON ARRIVES IN FRANCE.
181Politics
80II. THE HURON, CALLED THE INGENU, ACKNOWLEDGED BY HIS RELATIONS.
182The Population Question
81III. THE HURON CONVERTED.
183Nature’s Way
82IV. THE HURON BAPTIZED.
184Prayer
83V. THE HURON IN LOVE.
185Doubt and Speculation
84VI. THE HURON FLIES TO HIS MISTRESS, AND BECOMES QUITE FURIOUS.
186Dr. Pangloss and the Dervish
85VII. THE HURON REPULSES THE ENGLISH.
187Motives for Conduct
86VIII. THE HURON GOES TO COURT. SUPS UPON THE ROAD WITH SOME HUGUENOTS.
188Self-Love
87IX. THE ARRIVAL OF THE HURON AT VERSAILLES. HIS RECEPTION AT COURT.
189Go From Your Village
88X. THE HURON IS SHUT UP IN THE BASTILE WITH A JANSENIST.
190Religious Prejudices
89XI. HOW THE HURON DISCLOSES HIS GENIUS.
191Sacred History
90XII. THE HURON'S SENTIMENTS UPON THEATRICAL PIECES.
192Dupe And Rogue
91XIII. THE BEAUTIFUL MISS ST. YVES GOES TO VERSAILLES.
193“Delenda Est Carthago”
92XIV. RAPID PROGRESS OF THE HURON'S INTELLECT.
194Jesus and Mohammed
93XV. THE BEAUTIFUL MISS ST. YVES VISITS M. DE ST. POUANGE.
195How Faiths Spread
94XVI. MISS ST. YVES CONSULTS A JESUIT.
196Superstition
95XVII. THE JESUIT TRIUMPHS.
197The Bible
96XVIII. MISS ST. YVES DELIVERS HER LOVER AND A JANSENIST.
198Transubstantiation
97XIX. THE HURON, THE BEAUTIFUL MISS ST. YVES, AND THEIR RELATIONS, ARE CONVENED.
199Dreams and Ghosts
98XX. THE DEATH OF THE BEAUTIFUL MISS ST. YVES, AND ITS CONSEQUENCES.
200Mortifying the Flesh
99CHAPTER I. HOW THE PRINCESS AMASIDIA MEETS A BULL.
201Heaven
100CHAPTER II. HOW THE WISE MAMBRES, FORMERLY MAGICIAN OF PHAROAH, KNEW AGAIN THE OLD WOMAN, AND WAS KNOWN BY HER.
202Magic
101CHAPTER III. HOW THE BEAUTIFUL AMASIDIA HAD A SECRET CONVERSATION WITH A BEAUTIFUL SERPENT.
203DETACHED THOUGHTS
102CHAPTER IV. HOW THEY WANTED TO SACRIFICE THE BULL, AND EXORCISE THE PRINCESS.
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