Voltaire
François-Marie Arouet (; 21 November 169430 May 1778), known by his ''nom de plume'' M. de Voltaire (, ; ), 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, and even 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 that comments on, criticizes, and ridicules many events, thinkers and philosophies of his time, most notably Gottfried Leibniz and his belief that our world is of necessity the "best of all possible worlds". Provided by Wikipedia
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by Voltaire
Published 1760
Published 1760
printed for Benjamin Gunne, in Lurgan-Street, and James Potts, in Dame-Street, Booksellers
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by Voltaire
Published 1736
Published 1736
printed for J. Watts, at the Printing-Office in Wild-Court near Lincoln's-Inn Fields
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by Voltaire
Published 1761
Published 1761
printed for J. Newbery, R. Baldwin, W. Johnston, S. Crowder, T. Davies, J. Coote, G. Kearsley, and B. Collins, at Salisbury
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by Voltaire
Published 1791
Published 1791
printed for the proprietors, under the direction of John Bell, British Library, Strand, Bookseller to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales
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by Voltaire
Published 1784
Published 1784
printed for Messrs. Moncrieffe, Walker, Exshaw, Wilson, Jenkin, Burton, White, Byrne, Marchbank, Cash, and Heery
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by Voltaire
Published 1728
Published 1728
printed by Samuel Jallasson, in Prujean's Court, Old Baily; and sold by J. Roberts in Warwick Lane
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by Voltaire
Published 1745
Published 1745
imprimée pour G. Steidel, a L'ensigne de la Bible et Couronne, en New-Bond-Street; et chez M. Cooper, en Pater-Noster-Row. 1744-5