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Micromegas and Other Short Fictions (Penguin Classics)

Micromegas and Other Short Fictions (Penguin Classics)

by Francois Voltaire (Author), Francois Voltaire (Author), Haydn Mason (Introduction), Theo Cuffe (Translator)

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Synopsis

Something between a tale and a polemic, these "fables of reason" are feats of narrative compression and contain much of Voltaire's best and funniest writing. From ribald tales of adultery to conversations between cosmic travellers, the stories in this collection pose moral, philosophical and social questions. Reader and protagonist alike find their assumptions challenged as Voltaire mingles rationality and fantasy.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 208
 Edition: Revised ed.
 Publisher: Penguin Classics
Published: 30 May 2002
ISBN 10: 0140446869
ISBN 13: 9780140446869

Author Bio
Francois Marie Arouet de Voltaire (1694-1778) was the universal genius of the Enlightenment. In his early career he was briefly committed to the Bastille for his satires and later exiled to England. His most characteristic works are philosophical tales, of which Candide (1759) is the most famous. Theo Cuffe (translator) is also the translator of Penguin Classics' forthcoming edition of Candide. Haydn Mason (introduction and notes) is Professor of French at Bristol University.