The life of Voltaire. Evelyn Beatrice Hall
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Evelyn Beatrice Hall
The life of Voltaire
Published by Good Press, 2019
EAN 4064066215224
Table of Contents
CHAPTER II EPIGRAMS AND THE BASTILLE
CHAPTER III “ŒDIPE,” AND THE JOURNEY TO HOLLAND
CHAPTER IV THE “HENRIADE,” AND A VISIT TO COURT
CHAPTER V ENGLAND, AND THE “ENGLISH LETTERS”
CHAPTER VI PLAYS, A BURLESQUE, AND THE APPEARANCE OF THE “LETTERS”
CHAPTER VII MADAME DU CHÂTELET
CHAPTER XI THE AFFAIR DESFONTAINES
CHAPTER XII FLYING VISITS TO FREDERICK
CHAPTER XIII TWO PLAYS AND A FAILURE
CHAPTER XIV VOLTAIRE AS DIPLOMATIST AND COURTIER
CHAPTER XV THE POPE, THE POMPADOUR, AND “THE TEMPLE OF GLORY”
CHAPTER XVI THE ACADEMY, AND A VISIT
CHAPTER XVII COURT DISFAVOUR, AND HIDING AT SCEAUX
CHAPTER XVIII THE MARQUIS DE SAINT-LAMBERT
CHAPTER XIX THE DEATH OF MADAME DU CHÂTELET
CHAPTER XX PARIS, “ORESTE” AND “ROME SAUVÉE”
CHAPTER XXII THE RIFT WITHIN THE LUTE
CHAPTER XXIII THE QUARREL WITH MAUPERTUIS
CHAPTER XXIV THE FLIGHT FROM PRUSSIA
CHAPTER XXV THE COMEDY OF FRANKFORT
CHAPTER XXVI THE “ESSAY ON THE MANNERS AND MIND OF NATIONS”
CHAPTER XXVII THE ARRIVAL IN SWITZERLAND
CHAPTER XXVIII THE DÉLICES, AND THE “POEM ON THE DISASTER OF LISBON”
CHAPTER XXIX “NATURAL LAW,” THE VISIT OF D’ALEMBERT, AND THE AFFAIR OF BYNG
CHAPTER XXX THE INTERFERENCE IN THE SEVEN YEARS’ WAR, THE “GENEVA” ARTICLE, AND LIFE AT DÉLICES
CHAPTER XXXI “THE LITERARY WAR,” AND THE PURCHASE OF FERNEY AND TOURNEY
CHAPTER XXXIII “CANDIDE,” AND “ÉCRASEZ L’INFÂME”
CHAPTER XXXIV THE BATTLE OF PARTICLES, AND THE BATTLE OF COMEDIES
CHAPTER XXXV BUILDING A CHURCH, AND ENDOWING A DAUGHTER
CHAPTER XXXVI THE AFFAIR OF CALAS
CHAPTER XXXVII THE “TREATISE ON TOLERANCE”
CHAPTER XXXVIII THE SIRVENS AND LA BARRE
CHAPTER XXXIX VOLTAIRE AND GENEVA: VOLTAIRE AND LA HARPE
CHAPTER XL THE COLONY OF WATCHMAKERS AND WEAVERS
CHAPTER XLI THE PIGALLE STATUE, AND THE VINDICATION OF LALLY