The spirit of satire flourished during the Enlightenment, and its crowning achievement was Voltaire’s Candide . It follows the worldwide encounters - with shipwrecks, earthquakes, pestilence and human insanity -…

This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by…

The story of Candide, a naive youth who is conscripted, shipwrecked, robbed, and tortured by the Inquisition without losing his will to live, is accompanied by four other stories.

In the title tale, the Enlightenment philosopher addresses 18th-century sociopolitical problems in an ancient Babylonian setting. Other stories include Micromegas, The World As It Is, Jeannot and Colin, more.

In his preface to this play Voltaire says: "The learned will not here meet with a faithful narrative of Catiline's conspiracy: a tragedy they very well know is not a…

'Microm?gas' is a pioneering sci-fi novella by Voltaire, portraying a tale of cosmic exploration and philosophical satire. The story follows Microm?gas, a giant from a planet orbiting Sirius, and his…

Alzire first appeared on the stage in 1736 to great acclaim and success. Alzire is set Lima Peru at the time of the Spanish conquest. Don Gusman a Spanish grandee…

This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR’d book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have…