In Voltaire’s “Candide,” the main character Candide travels through the world in the pursuit of reuniting with his one true love, the beautiful Cunégonde. Throughout his journey, Candide visits Lisbon ...
Julian Barnes pays tribute to Voltaire's Candide, a satire that remains as fresh and pertinent today as when it was written in the 18th century The acknowledged classics of French literature crossed ...
“Italy had its renaissance, Germany its reformation, France had Voltaire”, the historian Will Durant once commented. Born François-Marie Arouet, Voltaire (1694-1778) was known in his lifetime as the ...
Atelier de Nicolas de Largilliere, portrait of Voltaire at 24. Wikimedia Commons “Italy had its renaissance, Germany its reformation, France had Voltaire”, the historian Will Durant once commented.