Libros de Voltaire (3 libros)

Two of Voltaire’s most celebrated works of prose are brought together in this collection that illustrates his famous wit and explores his philosophy through fiction. “Micromégas,” widely considered to be the origin of certain ideals of science fiction, introduces the giant Micromégas, a young explorer from another planet who comes to Earth and is surprised when he cannot see any intelligent life. Zadig, a short philosophical novel, involves a good-hearted young man who is fated to deal with an endless series of romantic and social obstacles, overcoming one only to be faced with the...

Aunque Voltaire empezó a escribir cuentos en su etapa de «cortesano», cuando, como gentilhombre de la cámara del rey, debía proveer al entretenimiento de la corte, en estos textos ya estarán presentes los propósitos de toda su escritura: divulgar las nuevas ideas, combatir la ineptitud y la mentira religiosas, luchar por la tolerancia, y todo ello envuelto en ficciones narrativas que pueden llevar al lector tanto a los espacios interplanetarios como a Oriente, con las aventuras amorosas de sus princesas y huríes. Sus Novelas y cuentos son un arma más de la «máquina de guerra» que, ...

This is about the life of Candide, the illegitimate nephew of a German baron. He grows up in the baron's castle under the tutelage of the scholar Pangloss, who teaches him that this world is "the best of all possible worlds." Candide falls in love with the baron's young daughter and the baron catches the two kissing and expels Candide from his home. On his own for the first time, this is the begining of the real Candide's life.