Voltaire - Ficção Completa

In a single volume, the fictional prose of one of humanity's most brilliant minds.

Voltaire, a leading figure of the French Enlightenment, was one of the most prolific writers of his time: in addition to more than 20,000 letters, he authored over 2,000 publications ranging from history to philosophy, from theater to poetry, from political thought to polemics of any kind. But Voltaire was also the author of short novels, novellas, and tales, and was innovative in many of them.

With the celebrated Candide, he created a philosophical novel inspired by the Lisbon earthquake of 1755. In Micromégas, he shows himself to be a pioneer of science fiction. In The Princess of Babylon or Zadig, he takes inspiration from the exotic settings that inspired his contemporary orientalists to create fantastic universes in which he discusses philosophy of religion or political philosophy. But in this volume, the reader will also find satirical short stories, moral fables, romantic passages, historical novels, and much more.

The translations in this volume are by João Gaspar Simões, Alexandre Pinheiro Torres, José Marinho, João Paulo Monteiro, A. Serra Lopes, Fernandes Costa, and Jorge Mota, among others.