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Zadig ; L'ingénu

Voltaire ; translated with an introduction by John Butt

(Penguin classics)

Penguin, 1964

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Description

One 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

Table of Contents

Zadig/L'IngenuIntroduction Biographical Note Zadig Imprimatur Epistle Dedicatory from Sadi to the Sultana Sheraa 1. Blind in One Eye 2. The Nose 3. The Dog and the Horse 4. Green Eyes 5. The Contest in Generosity 6. The Minister 7. Disputes and Audiences 8. Jealousy 9. The Beaten Woman 10. Slavery 11. The Funeral Pyre 12. The Supper Party 13. The Assignations 14. The Brigand 15. The Fisherman 16. The Cockatrice 17. The Tournament 18. The Hermit 19. The Riddles L'Engenu (The Child of Nature) 1. How the Prior of Our Lady of the Mountain and his sister met a Huron Indian 2. The Child of Nature is recognized by his relatives 3. The conversion of the Child of Nature 4. The Child of Nature baptized 5. The Child of Nature in love 6. The Child of Nature rushes to his mistress and becomes enraged. 7. The Child of Nature repels the English 8. The Child of Nature goes to Court and on the way has supper with some Huguenots 9. The arrival of the Child of Nature at Versailles, and his reception at Court 10. The Child of Nature imprisoned in the Bastille with a Jansenist 11. The Child of Nature develops his talents 12. The Child of Nature's opinions on plays 13. The lovely St Yves goes to Versailles 14. The Child of Nature's intellectual progress 15. The lovely St Yves resists certain delicate propositions 16. She consults a Jesuit 17. Her virtue her downfall 18. She delivers her lover and a Jansenist 19. The Child of Nature, the lovely St Yves, and their relatives are reunited 20. The death of the lovely St Yves, and its consequences

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  • NCID
    BA18617897
  • ISBN
    • 0140441263
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Original Language Code
    fre
  • Place of Publication
    Harmondsworth
  • Pages/Volumes
    190 p.
  • Size
    20 cm
  • Classification
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