Author: Louis Mayeul ChaudonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 454
Book Description
Historical and Critical Memoirs of the Life and Writings of M. de Voltaire, etc
Author: Louis Mayeul ChaudonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 454
Book Description
Life of Voltaire
Author: Francis Espinasse... Catalogue of Printed Books
Author: British Museum. Department of Printed BooksPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 934
Book Description
Teenage Writings
Author: Jane AustenPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0198737459
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 401
Book Description
The young Jane Austen was a precocious reader, devouring pulp fiction and classic literature, both of which she soon began to imitate and parody. Three volumes of her vivacious teenage writing survive. Devices and themes which appear subtly in her later fiction run riot here: drunkenness, brawling, sexual misdemeanour, theft, and even murder.
Voltaire's Marginalia on the Pages of Rousseau
Author: George Remington HavensPublisher: Ardent Media
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
The Quotable Voltaire
Author: François-Marie Arouet (Voltaire) (1694-1778)Publisher: Rutgers University Press
ISBN: 1684482933
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 335
Book Description
The author of more than 2,000 books and pamphlets, Voltaire (François-Marie Arouet, 1694-1778) was one of the most prolific writers of the eighteenth century, and also one of the wittiest and most insightful. This unique collection of over 800 of Voltaire’s wisest passages and choicest bons mots runs the gamut on topics from adultery to Zoroaster, in both English and French. Drawing from a wide range of his publications, private letters, and remarks recorded by his contemporaries, The Quotable Voltaire includes material never before gathered in a single volume. English translations appear alongside the original French, and each quote is thoroughly indexed and referenced, with page numbers for both the first known publication edition of each entry and the most recent edition of Voltaire’s works. The book also features over 400 quotes about Voltaire, including commentary by eighteenth-century luminaries like Samuel Johnson, Catherine the Great, Casanova, and John Adams, as well as an eclectic assortment of modern-day personages ranging from Winston Churchill and Jorge Luis Borges to Mae West and Mike Tyson. Lavishly illustrated with nearly three dozen images of Voltaire-related art, this collection opens with a scholarly essay that recounts the great man’s life and reflects on his outsized influence on Western culture. Whether you are a Voltaire scholar or a neophyte, The Quotable Voltaire is the perfect introduction to a brilliant mind.
British Museum Catalogue of printed Books
Author: Dictionary o Anonymous and Pseudonymous English Literature
Author: Samuel HalkettPublisher: Ardent Media
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
Dictionary of Anonymous and Pseudonymous English Literature
Author: Samuel HalkettPublisher: Ardent Media
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
Dictionary of Anonymous and Pseudonymous English Literature: H-L
Author: Samuel HalkettPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Anonyms and pseudonyms, English
Languages : en
Pages : 426
Book Description