Zadig : or, The Book of Fate.
Title:
Zadig : or, The Book of Fate.
Author:
Voltaire.
ISBN:
9781775568056
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (147 pages)
Contents:
Title -- Contents -- Dedication -- The Approbation -- Chapter I The Blind Eye -- Chapter II The Nose -- Chapter III The Dog and the Horse -- Chapter IV The Envious Man -- Chapter V The Force of Generosity -- Chap VI - The Judgments -- Chapter VII The Force of Jealousy -- Chapter VIII The Thrash'd Wife -- Chapter IX The Captive -- Chapter X The Funeral Pile -- Chapter XI The Evening's Entertainment -- Chapter XII The Rendezvous -- Chapter XIII The Free-Booter -- Chapter XIV The Fisherman -- Chapter XV The Basilisk -- Chapter XVI The Tournaments -- Chapter XVII The Hermit -- Chapter XVIII The Ænigmas, or Riddles -- Endnotes.
Abstract:
Enlightenment philosopher Voltaire's novel Zadig, or The Book of Fate skillfully weaves the story of its ancient Babylonian philosopher. Not trying for adherence to history, Voltaire's story is full of thinly veiled references to the social and political issues his own time. This appropriately philosophical work holds up human life as being led by destiny beyond our control. The moral transformations that take place within Zadig tell of overturning orthodoxy in religion and in...
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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