Voltaire
François-Marie Arouet (; 21 November 169430 May 1778), known by his ''nom de plume'' M. de Voltaire (; also ; ), was a French Enlightenment writer, philosopher (''philosophe''), satirist, and historian. Famous for his wit and his criticism of Christianity (especially of the Roman Catholic Church) and of slavery, Voltaire was an advocate of freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and separation of church and state.Voltaire was a versatile and prolific writer, producing works in almost every literary form, including plays, poems, novels, essays, histories, but also scientific expositions. He wrote more than 20,000 letters and 2,000 books and pamphlets. Voltaire was one of the first authors to become renowned and commercially successful internationally. He was an outspoken advocate of civil liberties and was at constant risk from the strict censorship laws of the Catholic French monarchy. His polemics witheringly satirized intolerance and religious dogma, as well as the French institutions of his day. His best-known work and ''magnum opus'', ''Candide'', is a novella which comments on, criticizes and ridicules many events, thinkers and philosophies of his time, most notably Gottfried Leibniz and his belief that our world is the "best of all possible worlds". Provided by Wikipedia
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by Voltaire
Published 1749
Published 1749
printed for Iohn Brindley, Bookseller to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, in New Bond-Street
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by Voltaire
Published 1770
Published 1770
printed for W. Johnston, S. Crowder, T. Longman, Carnan and Newbery, Robinson and Roberts, R. Baldwin, and B. Collins, at Salisbury
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by Voltaire
Published 1738
Published 1738
printed for Stephen Austen at the Angel and Bible in St. Paul's Church-Yard
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by Voltaire
Published 1761
Published 1761
printed for S. Crowder, T. Longman, J. Wilkie, Carnan and Newbery, G. Robinson, R. Baldwin, J. Johnson, F. Newbery, W. Goldsmith, T. Evans, and W. Fox
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by Voltaire
Published 1759
Published 1759
printed for J. Nourse at the Lamb opposite Katherine-Street in the Strand
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by Voltaire
Published 1736
Published 1736
printed for John Watts, at the Printing-Office in Wild-Court near Lincoln's-Inn Fields
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by Voltaire
Published 1758
Published 1758
printed by Sands, Donaldson, Murray, & Cochran. For A. Donaldson, at Pope's head, opposite to the exchange
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by Voltaire
Published 1769
Published 1769
printed for T. Durham, Charing-Cross; G. Kearsly, Ludgate-Street; S. Bladon, in Paternoster-Row; and F. Blyth, No. 87, Cornhill