The Life of Voltaire

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Author

Hall, Evelyn Beatrice, 1868-1956

Title

The life of Voltaire

Credits

Produced by Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images available at The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese

Subject

Voltaire, 1694-1778

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 56476

Release Date

January 31, 2018

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.T H E L I F E OF V O L T A I R E
2. 2.CONTENTS
3. 3.ILLUSTRATIONS
4. 4.SOME SOURCES OF INFORMATION — THE LIFE OF VOLTAIRE
5. 5.CHAPTER I THE BOYHOOD
6. 6.CHAPTER II EPIGRAMS AND THE BASTILLE
7. 7.CHAPTER III “ŒDIPE,” AND THE JOURNEY TO HOLLAND
8. 8.CHAPTER IV THE “HENRIADE,” AND A VISIT TO COURT
9. 9.CHAPTER V ENGLAND, AND THE “ENGLISH LETTERS”
10. 10.CHAPTER VI PLAYS, A BURLESQUE, AND THE APPEARANCE OF THE “LETTERS”
11. 11.CHAPTER VII MADAME DU CHÂTELET
12. 12.CHAPTER VIII A YEAR OF STORMS
13. 13.CHAPTER IX WORK AT CIREY
14. 14.CHAPTER X PLEASURE AT CIREY
15. 15.CHAPTER XI THE AFFAIR DESFONTAINES
16. 16.CHAPTER XII FLYING VISITS TO FREDERICK
17. 17.CHAPTER XIII TWO PLAYS AND A FAILURE
18. 18.CHAPTER XIV VOLTAIRE AS DIPLOMATIST AND COURTIER
19. 19.CHAPTER XV THE POPE, THE POMPADOUR, AND “THE TEMPLE OF GLORY”
20. 20.CHAPTER XVI THE ACADEMY, AND A VISIT
21. 21.CHAPTER XVII COURT DISFAVOUR, AND HIDING AT SCEAUX
22. 22.CHAPTER XVIII THE MARQUIS DE SAINT-LAMBERT
23. 23.CHAPTER XIX THE DEATH OF MADAME DU CHÂTELET
24. 24.CHAPTER XX PARIS, “ORESTE” AND “ROME SAUVÉE”
25. 25.CHAPTER XXI GLAMOUR
26. 26.CHAPTER XXII THE RIFT WITHIN THE LUTE
27. 27.CHAPTER XXIII THE QUARREL WITH MAUPERTUIS
28. 28.CHAPTER XXIV THE FLIGHT FROM PRUSSIA
29. 29.CHAPTER XXV THE COMEDY OF FRANKFORT
30. 30.CHAPTER XXVI THE “ESSAY ON THE MANNERS AND MIND OF NATIONS”
31. 31.CHAPTER XXVII THE ARRIVAL IN SWITZERLAND
32. 32.CHAPTER XXVIII THE DÉLICES, AND THE “POEM ON THE DISASTER OF LISBON”
33. 33.CHAPTER XXIX “NATURAL LAW,” THE VISIT OF D’ALEMBERT, AND THE AFFAIR OF BYNG
34. 34.CHAPTER XXX THE INTERFERENCE IN THE SEVEN YEARS’ WAR, THE “GENEVA” ARTICLE, AND LIFE AT DÉLICES
35. 35.CHAPTER XXXI “THE LITERARY WAR,” AND THE PURCHASE OF FERNEY AND TOURNEY
36. 36.CHAPTER XXXII FERNEY
37. 37.CHAPTER XXXIII “CANDIDE,” AND “ÉCRASEZ L’INFÂME”
38. 38.CHAPTER XXXIV THE BATTLE OF PARTICLES, AND THE BATTLE OF COMEDIES
39. 39.CHAPTER XXXV BUILDING A CHURCH, AND ENDOWING A DAUGHTER
40. 40.CHAPTER XXXVI THE AFFAIR OF CALAS
41. 41.CHAPTER XXXVII THE “TREATISE ON TOLERANCE”
42. 42.CHAPTER XXXVIII THE SIRVENS AND LA BARRE
43. 43.CHAPTER XXXIX VOLTAIRE AND GENEVA: VOLTAIRE AND LA HARPE
44. 44.CHAPTER XL THE COLONY OF WATCHMAKERS AND WEAVERS
45. 45.CHAPTER XLI THE PIGALLE STATUE, AND THE VINDICATION OF LALLY
46. 46.CHAPTER XLII LATTER DAYS
47. 47.CHAPTER XLIII THE LAST VISIT
48. 48.CHAPTER XLIV THE END
49. 49.INDEX

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