by Voltaire · Tapa blanda · ISBN 9782091885483
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«Zadig ou la Destinée» is Voltaire's philosophical novel, in a paperback edition published by Nathan in the Carrés Classiques collection, in French.
In ancient Babylon, Zadig, a young man of great intelligence and honesty, sees his life fall apart through a succession of misfortunes that take him from privilege to exile and new dangers. Each episode, seemingly governed by chance, offers him a lesson about the fragility of happiness, the falseness of appearances and the exercise of power. The narrative advances with constant irony and becomes a reflection on destiny, justice and human nature.
Complete text in French in Nathan's Carrés Classiques collection. The work dates from 1748 and this edition is from 2014.
Suitable for readers interested in eighteenth-century French literature and Enlightenment philosophy, with a short text that is quick to read.
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.
