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1) Candide
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"If this is the best of possible worlds, what then are the others?" - CANDIDE
Candide is a French satire first published in 1759 by Voltaire, a philosopher of the Age of Enlightenment. It is the absurdly melodramatic story of a young man, Candide, living a sheltered life who clings desperately to "the best of all possible worlds," one which is abruptly interrupted by a series of painfully disillusioning events that set him off on a wide-ranging journey....
2) Micromegas
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Micromegas, an inhabitant of one of the planets that orbits Sirius. His home world is 21.6 million times greater in circumference than the Earth. Micromegas stands 23 miles tall. When he is almost 450 years old, approaching the end of his infancy, Micromegas writes a scientific book examining the insects on his planet, which at 30 m are too small to be detected by ordinary microscopes.
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Extrait: "Le cardinal oracle de la France, Non ce Mentor qui gouverne aujourd'hui, Mais ce Nestor qui du Pinde est l'appui, Qui des savants a passé l'espérance, Qui les soutient, qui les anime tous, Qui les éclaire, et qui règne sur nous, Par les attraits de sa douce éloquence; Ce cardinal qui sur un nouveau ton, En vers latins fait parler la sagesse, Réunissant Virgile avec Platon, Vengeur du ciel, et vainqueur de Lucrèce; "
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4) Satires
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Extrait : "Pour tous rimeurs, habitants du Parnasse, De par Phébus il est plus d'une place : Les rangs n'y sont confondus comme ici, Et c'est raison. Ferait beau voir aussi, Le fade auteur d'un roman ridicule, Sur même lit couché près de Catulle ; Ou bien Lamotte ayant l'honneur du pas, Sur le harpeur ami de Mécénas : Trop bien Phébus sait de sa république, Régler les rangs et l'ordre hiérarchique ; Et, dispensant honneur et dignité, Donne...
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Il est possible que les premiers contes de Voltaire aient été le fruit des circonstances, qu'ils aient été des amusements de société (...) L'homme qui est doué d'un grand talent littéraire finit par recourir à la fantaisie et à la fable comme au moyen le plus rapide et peut-être le plus complet de traduire sa pensée.
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"With Candide, Voltaire bumptiously skewered the fashionable misinterpretation of the doctrine of philosophical optimism, unerringly offending kings, scientists, fanaticals, publishers, journalists, and even priests; composed in a mere three days, Candide's capacity to amuse, disgust, and surprise endures today, roughly ninety thousand days later. Theo Cuffe's new translation is invaluable for those English-speaking readers who cannot understand French,...
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