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Mark Twain's Letters Vol 1, 1835-1866

Mark Twain

Mark Twain's Letters Vol 1, 1835-1866..

The American Claimant

Mark Twain

The American Claimant is an 1892 novel by American humorist and writer Mark Twain. Twain wrote the novel with the help of phonographic dictation, the first author to do so. This was also an attempt to..

Letters on England

Voltaire

Letters on the English is a series of essays written by Voltaire based on his experiences living in England between 1726 and 1729. It was published first in English in 1733 and then in French the foll..

Memnon

Voltaire

Memnon the Philosopher, begins with Memnon resolving to himself to become a great philosopher. That’s philosopher not in the often current sense of the word as one who takes philosophy is college and ..

Micromégas

Voltaire

Micromégas is a 1752 novella by the French philosopher and satirist Voltaire. Along with his story "Plato's Dream", it is an early example in the literary genre of science fiction, and is a significan..

The Fourth Book of Virgil's Aeneid and the Ninth Book of Voltaire's Henriad

Voltaire

The motives and design of this attempt are sufficiently explained in the foregoing address, the ideas which gave rise to it have been confirmed and enlarged in its progress. As some apology for them, ..

Voltaire's Philosophical Dictionary

Voltaire

Voltaire's Philosophical Dictionary is an encyclopedic dictionary published by Voltaire in 1764. The alphabetically arranged articles often criticize the Roman Catholic Church, Judaism, Islam, and oth..

Zadig

Voltaire

Zadig is a novella and work of philosophical fiction by the Enlightenment writer Voltaire. It tells the story of Zadig, a philosopher in ancient Babylonia. The author does not attempt any historical a..