Letters on England - format ePub

Extrait : "ÉGESTE : De nos malheurs enfin le ciel a pris pitié ; Il resserre aujourd'hui notre antique amitié. Quand la paix réunit Carthage et Syracuse, Peux-tu verser des pleurs aux bords de l'Aréthuse...

Extrait : "COUCY : Digne sang de Gesclin, vous qu'on voit aujourd'hui Le charme des Français dont il était l'appui, Souffrez qu'en arrivant dans ce séjour d'alarmes, Je dérobe un moment au tumulte des...

Extrait : "ALVAREZ : Du conseil de Madrid l'autorité suprême Pour successeur enfin me donne un fils que j'aime. Faites régner le prince et le Dieu que je sers Sur la riche moitié d'un nouvel univers :...

'Always Look on the Bright Side of Life' - that's the essence of Voltaire's 'Candide'. For, like the ever-upbeat character in 'Monty Python's Life of Brian', the eponymous Candide is taught that everything...

Voltaire's Philosophical Dictionary, first published in 1764, is a series of short, radical essays - alphabetically arranged - that form a brilliant and bitter analysis of the social and religious conventions...

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...

Also known as the Lettres anglaises ou philosophiques, Voltaire's response to his exile in England offered the French public of 1734 a panoramic view of British culture. Perceiving them as a veiled attack...

'The prince of philosophical novels' John UpdikeIn Candide, Voltaire threw down an audacious challenge to the philosophical views of the Enlightenment to create one of the most glorious satires of the...

Candide ou l'Optimisme est un conte philosophique de Voltaire paru à Genève en janvier 1759. Il a été réédité vingt fois du vivant de l'auteurn, ce qui en fait un des plus grands succès littéraires français....

I - Le texte en version intégrale. Candide ou l'Optimisme est un conte philosophique de Voltaire paru à Genève en janvier 1759. Il a été réédité vingt fois du vivant de l'auteur, ce qui en fait un des...

Extrait : "L'INTENDANT, écrivant : Quatorze mille écus !... ce compte perce l'âme... Ma foi, je ne sais plus comment fera madame Pour recevoir le roi, qui vient dans ce château. LE COURRIER : Faut-il...

Extrait : "C'est un mot grec qui signifie atteinte à la réputation. Blasphemia se trouve dans Démosthène. De là vient, dit Ménage, le mot de blâmer. Blasphème ne fut employé dans l'Église grecque que...

EXTRAIT : "TRANSTAMARE : De la cour de Vincenne aux remparts de Tolède, Tu m'es enfin rendu, cher et prudent Almède. Reverrai-je en ces lieux ce brave du Guesclin ? ALMEDE : Il vient vous seconder. TRANSTAMARE...

Extrait : " LISOIS : Souffrez qu'en arrivant dans ce séjour d'alarmes, Je dérobe un moment au tumulte des armes : Le grand cœur d'Amélie est du parti des rois ; Contre eux, vous le savez, je sers le duc...

Extrait : "BRUTUS : Destructeurs des tyrans, vous qui n'avez pour rois Que les dieux de Numa, vos vertus et nos lois, Enfin notre ennemi commence à nous connaître. Ce superbe Toscan qui ne parlait qu'en...

Extrait : "ÉGESTE : De nos malheurs enfin le ciel a pris pitié ; Il resserre aujourd'hui notre antique amitié. Quand la paix réunit Carthage et Syracuse, Peux-tu verser des pleurs aux bords de l'Aréthuse...

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Jonathan Harker, a young London solicitor travels to Transylvania to help a rich nobleman, Count Dracula, purchase an estate in England. Dracula is planning to immigrate to England, and wants Harker to...

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