Author:Voltaire

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Voltaire (1694–1778)

See biography, media, quotes. French philospher from the Enlightment.

Contents 1 Works 1.1 Novels and fiction 1.2 Poems 1.3 Plays 1.4 Other works

[edit] Works

[edit] Novels and fiction

• Zadig (1748)
• Micromegas (1752)
• Candide, or Optimism (Candide, ou l’Optimisme, 1759)
• Memnon
• The Princess of Babylon, 1768
• Zayre, 1733
• Oreste, 1750
• The Civil War of Geneva, 1768

[edit] Poems

• Azolan
• On the Death of Adrienne Lecouvreur
• From Love to Friendship
• In Camp Before Philippsburg, July 3, 1734
• The Origin of Trades
• The Padlock
• Thelema and Macareus
• To a Lady Very Well Known to the Whole Town
• To Her Royal Highness, the Princess of ***
• To the Queen of Hungary
• Poem on the Lisbon Disaster

[edit] Plays

• Œdipe (1718)
• Eriphile (1732)
• Irène
• Mahomet (1736)
• Mérope
• Nanine
• Zaïre (1732)

[edit] Other works

• In Connection with the Death of Jean Calas
• On Superstition
• On the Interpretation of the Old Testament
• On the Interpretation of the New Testament
• Epistle to the Romans
• The Sermon of the Fifty
• The Questions of Zapata
• We Must Take Sides
• Philosophical Dictionary (Dictionnaire philosophique, 1764)
• Epistle to the Author of the Three Impostors (Épître à l’auteur du livre des trois imposteurs, 1770)
• Letters on England

Works by this author published before January 1, 1923 are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.