Voltaire's Romances

About this eBook

Author

Voltaire, 1694-1778

Title

Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume

Credits

Produced by Andrea Ball, Christine Bell & Marc D'Hooghe (From images generously made available by Internet Archive.)

Language

English

LoC Class

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

Subject

French fiction -- Translations into English

Category

Text

eBook-No.

35595

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/35595

Release Date

March 17, 2011

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.VOLTAIRE'S ROMANCES — TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH. — A NEW EDITION , — WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS. — COMPLETE IN ONE VOLUME. — PUBLISHER'S PREFACE — CONTENTS.
2. 2.THE WHITE BULL. — CHAPTER I. — HOW THE PRINCESS AMASIDIA MEETS A BULL. — CHAPTER II. — HOW THE WISE MAMBRES, FORMERLY MAGICIAN OF PHAROAH, KNEW AGAIN THE OLD WOMAN, AND WAS KNOWN BY HER. — CHAPTER III. — HOW THE BEAUTIFUL AMASIDIA HAD A SECRET CONVERSATION WITH A BEAUTIFUL SERPENT. — CHAPTER IV. — HOW THEY WANTED TO SACRIFICE THE BULL, AND EXORCISE THE PRINCESS. — CHAPTER V. — HOW THE WISE MAMBRES CONDUCTED HIMSELF WISELY. — CHAPTER VI. — HOW MAMBRES MET THREE PROPHETS, AND GAVE THEM A GOOD DINNER. — CHAPTER VII. — HOW KING AMASIS WANTED TO GIVE THE WHITE BULL TO BE DEVOURED BY THE FISH OF JONAH, AND DID NOT DO IT. — CHAPTER VIII. — HOW THE SERPENT TOLD STORIES TO THE PRINCESS TO COMFORT HER. — CHAPTER IX. — HOW THE SERPENT DID NOT COMFORT THE PRINCESS. — CHAPTER X. — HOW THEY WANTED TO BEHEAD THE PRINCESS, AND DID NOT DO IT. — CHAPTER XI. — APOTHEOSIS OF THE WHITE BULL. TRIUMPH OF THE WISE MAMBRES. THE SEVEN YEARS PROCLAIMED BY DANIEL ARE ACCOMPLISHED. NEBUCHADNEZZAR RESUMES THE HUMAN FORM, MARRIES THE BEAUTIFUL AMASIDIA, AND ASCENDS THE THRONE OF BABYLON.
3. 3.ZADIG; OR FATE. — AN ORIENTAL HISTORY. — ZADIG: OR, FATE — I. — THE BLIND OF ONE EYE. — II. — THE NOSE. — III. — THE DOG AND THE HORSE. — IV. — THE ENVIOUS MAN. — V. — THE GENEROUS. — VI. — THE MINISTER. — VII. — THE DISPUTES AND THE AUDIENCES. — VIII. — JEALOUSY. — IX. — THE WOMAN BEATER. — X. — SLAVERY. — XI. — THE FUNERAL PILE. — XII. — THE SUPPER. — XIII. — THE RENDEZVOUS. — XIII.(1) — THE DANCE. — XIII.(2) — BLUE EYES. — XIV. — THE ROBBER. — XV. — THE FISHERMAN. — XVI. — THE BASILISK. — XVII. — THE COMBATS. — XVIII. — THE HERMIT. — XIX. — THE ENIGMAS.
4. 4.THE SAGE AND THE ATHEIST. — INTRODUCTION. — CHAPTER I. — ADVENTURES OF JOHNNY, A YOUNG ENGLISHMAN. WRITTEN BY DONNA LAS NALGAS. — CHAPTER II. — CONTINUATION OF THE ADVENTURES OF JOHN, THE YOUNG ENGLISHMAN; ALSO THOSE OF HIS WORTHY FATHER, D.D., M.P., AND F.R.S. — CHAPTER III. — SUMMARY OF THE CONTROVERSY OF THE "BUTS," BETWEEN MR. FREIND AND DON INIGO-Y-MEDROSO, Y-COMODIOS, Y-PAPALAMIENDOS, BACHELOR OF SALAMANCA. — CHAPTER IV. — JOHN RETURNS TO LONDON, AND IS LED INTO BAD COMPANY. — CHAPTER V. — THEY WANT TO GET JOHN MARRIED. — CHAPTER VI. — A TERRIBLE ADVENTURE. — CHAPTER VII. — WHAT HAPPENED IN AMERICA. — CHAPTER VIII. — DIALOGUE BETWEEN FREIND AND BIRTON ON ATHEISM. — CHAPTER IX. — ON ATHEISM. — CHAPTER X. — ON ATHEISM. — CHAPTER XI. — RETURN TO ENGLAND—JOHN'S MARRIAGE.
5. 5.PRINCESS OF BABYLON — I. — ROYAL CONTEST FOR THE HAND OF FORMOSANTA . — II. — THE KING OF BABYLON CONVENES HIS COUNCIL, AND CONSULTS THE ORACLE. — III. — ROYAL FESTIVAL GIVEN IN HONOR OF THE KINGLY VISITORS. THE BIRD CONVERSES ELOQUENTLY WITH FORMOSANTA. — IV. — THE BEAUTIFUL BIRD IS KILLED BY THE KING OF EGYPT. FORMOSANTA BEGINS A JOURNEY. ALDEA ELOPES WITH THE KING OF SCYTHIA. — V. — FORMOSANTA VISITS CHINA AND SCYTHIA IN SEARCH OF AMAZAN. — VI. — THE PRINCESS CONTINUES HER JOURNEY. — VII. — AMAZAN VISITS ALBION. — VIII. — AMAZAN LEAVES ALBION TO VISIT THE LAND OF SATURN. — IX. — AMAZAN VISITS ROME. — THE SERVANT OF SERVANTS. — X. — AN UNFORTUNATE ADVENTURE IN GAUL. — XI. — AMAZAN AND FORMOSANTA BECOME RECONCILED.
6. 6.THE MAN OF FORTY CROWNS. — I. — NATIONAL POVERTY. — II. — DISASTER OF THE MAN OF FORTY CROWNS. — III. — CONVERSATION WITH A GEOMETRICIAN. — IV. — AN ADVENTURE WITH A CARMELITE. — V. — AUDIENCE OF THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL. — VI. — THE MAN OF FORTY CROWNS MARRIES, BECOMES A FATHER, AND DESCANTS UPON THE MONKS. — VII. — ON TAXES PAID TO A FOREIGN POWER. — VIII. — ON PROPORTIONS. — IX. — A GREAT QUARREL. — X. — A RASCAL REPULSED. — XI. — THE GOOD SENSE OF MR. ANDREW. — XII. — The GOOD SUPPER AT MR. ANDREW'S.
7. 7.THE HURON; OR, PUPIL OF NATURE. [1] — I. — THE HURON ARRIVES IN FRANCE. — II. — THE HURON, CALLED THE INGENU, ACKNOWLEDGED BY HIS RELATIONS. — III. — THE HURON CONVERTED. — IV. — THE HURON BAPTIZED. — V. — THE HURON IN LOVE. — VI. — THE HURON FLIES TO HIS MISTRESS, AND BECOMES QUITE FURIOUS. — VII. — THE HURON REPULSES THE ENGLISH. — VIII. — THE HURON GOES TO COURT. SUPS UPON THE ROAD WITH SOME HUGUENOTS. — IX. — THE ARRIVAL OF THE HURON AT VERSAILLES. HIS RECEPTION AT COURT. — X. — THE HURON IS SHUT UP IN THE BASTILE WITH A JANSENIST. — XI. — HOW THE HURON DISCLOSES HIS GENIUS. — XII. — THE HURON'S SENTIMENTS UPON THEATRICAL PIECES. — XIII. — THE BEAUTIFUL MISS ST. YVES GOES TO VERSAILLES. — XIV. — RAPID PROGRESS OF THE HURON'S INTELLECT. — XV. — THE BEAUTIFUL MISS ST. YVES VISITS M. DE ST. POUANGE. — XVI. — MISS ST. YVES CONSULTS A JESUIT. — XVII. — THE JESUIT TRIUMPHS. — XVIII. — MISS ST. YVES DELIVERS HER LOVER AND A JANSENIST. — XIX. — THE HURON, THE BEAUTIFUL MISS ST. YVES, AND THEIR RELATIONS, ARE CONVENED. — XX. — THE DEATH OF THE BEAUTIFUL MISS ST. YVES, AND ITS CONSEQUENCES.
8. 8.MICROMEGAS: — A SATIRE ON THE PHILOSOPHY, IGNORANCE. AND SELF-CONCEIT OF MANKIND. — I. — A VOYAGE TO THE PLANET SATURN, BY A NATIVE OF SIRIUS. — II. — THE CONVERSATION BETWEEN MICROMEGAS AND THE INHABITANT OF SATURN. — III. — THE VOYAGE OF THESE INHABITANTS OF OTHER WORLDS. — IV. — WHAT BEFELL THEM UPON THIS OUR GLOBE. — V. — THE TRAVELERS CAPTURE A VESSEL. — VI. — WHAT HAPPENED IN THEIR INTERCOURSE WITH MEN.
9. 9.THE WORLD AS IT GOES. — THE VISION OF BABOUC.
10. 10.THE BLACK AND THE WHITE.
11. 11.MEMNON THE PHILOSOPHER.
12. 12.ANDRÉ DES TOUCHES AT SIAM. — THE BLIND PENSIONERS AT QUINZE VINGT.
13. 13.BABABEC.
14. 14.THE STUDY OF NATURE. — I. — INTRODUCTION. — II. — THE STUDY OF NATURE. — III. — GOOD ADVICE. — IV. — DIALOGUE UPON THE SOUL AND OTHER TOPICS.
15. 15.A CONVERSATION WITH A CHINESE.
16. 16.PLATO'S DREAM.
17. 17.PLEASURE IN HAVING NO PLEASURE.
18. 18.AN ADVENTURE IN INDIA.
19. 19.JEANNOT AND COLIN.
20. 20.THE HISTORY OF THE TRAVELS OF SCARMENTADO. [1]
21. 21.THE GOOD BRAMIN. — DOES HAPPINESS RESULT FROM IGNORANCE OR FROM KNOWLEDGE?
22. 22.THE TWO COMFORTERS.
23. 23.ANCIENT FAITH AND FABLE.

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