Zadig

by Voltaire

• Dedication to the Sultana Sheraa

I, Who have subscrib’d my Name hereto, ambitious of being thought a Man of Wit and Learning, have perus’d this Manuscript, which I find, to my great Mortification, amusing, moral, philosophical, and fit to be read, even by those who have an utter Aversion to Romances; for which Reason, I have depretiated it, as it deserves, and have in direct Terms told the Cadi-Lesquier, that ’tis a most detestable Performance.

• The Blind Eye
• The Nose
• The Dog and the Horse, &c.
• The Envious Man
• The Force of Generosity
• The Just Judge
• The Force of Jealousy
• The Thresh’d Wife
• The Captive
• The Funeral Pile
• The Evening’s Entertainment
• The Rendezvous
• The Free-booter
• The Fisherman
• The Basilisk
• The Tournaments
• The Hermit
• The Riddles, or Ænigmas