François-Marie Arouet, better known by the pen name Voltaire, was a French Enlightenment writer and philosopher famous for his wit and for his advocacy of civil liberties, including freedom of religion and free trade. Voltaire was a prolific writer and produced works in almost every literary form including plays, poetry, novels, essays, historical and scientific works, more than 20,000 letters and more than 2,000 books and pamphlets. He was an outspoken supporter of social reform, despite strict censorship laws and harsh penalties for those who broke them. As a satirical polemicist, he frequently made use of his works to criticize intolerance, religious dogma and the French institutions of his day.
Voltaire was one of several Enlightenment figures (along with Montesquieu, John Locke and Jean-Jacques Rousseau) whose works and ideas influenced important thinkers of both the American and French Revolutions. (Source)
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Lettres philosophiques
80 editions - first published in 1733 Read -
Oeuvres complètes de Voltaire: avec notice, préfaces, variantes, table analytique, les notes de tous les commentateurs et des notes nouvelles, conforme pour le texte à l'èdition de Beuchot, enrichie des découvertes les plus récentes et mise au courant des travaux qui ont paru jusqu'à ce jour
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Henriade
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Zadig
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Pucelle d'Orléans
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Romans et contes
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Lettres choisies
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Zaïre
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Ingénu
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Alzire
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Histoire de l'empire de Russie sous Pierre le Grand
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Correspondence and related documents
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The portable Voltaire
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Mahomet
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Voltaire's Philosophical dictionary
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Correspondence and related documents (of) Voltaire
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L'ingénu
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Voltaire par lui-même
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Orphelin de la Chine
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Tancrède
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Romans
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Oeuvres completes de Voltaire
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Théatre de Voltaire
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The works of M. de Voltaire
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Zaire
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Evangile du jour
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The Complete Works of Voltaire
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Histoire de la guerre de 1741
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Zadig, ou, La destinée
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Théâtre de Voltaire
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Histoire de Charles XII, roi de Suède
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Candide and other tales
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Traité sur la tolérance: a treatise on tolerance
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Short stories
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Mérope: tragédie
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Princesse de Babylone
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La philosophie de l'histoire
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Diccionario Filosofico
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Candide
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The best known works of Voltaire: the complete romances, including Candide, The philosophy of history, The ignorant philosopher, Dialogues and Philosophic criticisms.
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Romans de Voltaire
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Collection complette des oeuvres
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The philosophy of history
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Le taureau blanc
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Contes
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Prose works
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Sémiramis
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Oeuvres de M. de Voltaire
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Le Huron ou L'Ingénu
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Dialogues et anecdotes philosophiques
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Histoire du Parlement de Paris
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Oeuvres historiques
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Collection complette des œuvres de Mr. de Voltaire
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Merope
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Micromégas
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An essay upon the civil wars of France
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Eléments de la philosophie de Newton
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Candido
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Mémoires pour servir à la vie de M. de Voltaire: écrits par lui-même.
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Romans et contes de Voltaire
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Oeuvres critiques et poétiques
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Mélanges
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Facéties
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Café
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Contes et romans
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Zadig, ou, la destine e: histoire orientale
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Œuvres complètes de Voltaire
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Questions sur l'Encyclopedie
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Homme aux quarante écus: Translated from the French of M. de Voltaire.
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Essai sur les moeurs et l'esprit des nations: et sur les principaux faits de l'histoire, depuis Charlemagne jusqu'à Louis XIII
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La Henriade: poème
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Oeuvres complètes, avec des notes et une notice sur la vie de Voltaire
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Oeuvres completes
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Voltaire's prose
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Le philosophe ignorant
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Taureau blanc
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Semiramis
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The Complete Works of Voltaire (VA)
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Annales de l'empire depuis Charlemagne
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Oeuvres de théatre
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Siecle de Louis XIV: suivi de la liste raisonn©Øee des personnages c©Øel©Łebres de son temps
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Les singularités de la nature
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Zadig et autres contes: texte établi, annoté et précédé d'une introd. par Pierre Grimal.
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Choix de lettres: publié avec une introduction et des notes
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Le Brutus: de Monsieur de Voltaire, avec un discours sur la tragedie.
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Œuvres completes de Voltaire
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La mort de Cesar
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Me langes
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Oeuvres de Mr. de Voltaire
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Romans choisis
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Le temple du goût
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La princesse de Babilone
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L' homme aux quarante écus
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Théâtre choisi illustré: notices et annotations
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Contes, de Guillaume Vadé: premiere[-seconde] partie.
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Oeuvres complètes
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Oeuvres complètes de M. de Voltaire
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Oedipe
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Le monde comme il va
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Selections from Voltaire: with explanatory comment upon his life and works
4 editions - first published in 1925
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