by Voltaire · Editions Flammarion · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782070384815
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«Zadig et autres contes» is a collection of philosophical tales by Voltaire, published by Editions Flammarion in paperback (500 pages, in French).
Zadig, the tale that gives the volume its title, presents an intelligent man who, after discovering how elusive happiness is, finds consolation in philosophy and in the study of nature. The other tales in the book extend Voltaire's critical gaze on society and the human condition, with the irony characteristic of eighteenth-century French literature.
The tale «Zadig» was originally published in 1747; this 1992 edition includes the preface by Frédéric Deloffre and the edition prepared by Deloffre and Jacques Van den Heuvel.
Suitable for students and readers interested in eighteenth-century French classics and in Voltaire's satirical and philosophical fiction.
François-Marie Arouet, known by his pen name Voltaire, was a French Enlightenment writer, philosopher (philosophe), satirist, and historian. Famous for his wit and his criticism of Christianity and of slavery, Voltaire was an advocate of freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and separation of church and state.
