by Voltaire · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782011692962
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«Zadig» is Voltaire's philosophical tale, published by Hachette Education in paperback (192 pages, in French).
Zadig ou la Destinée narrates the story of Zadig, a philosopher of ancient Babylon who faces multiple trials and adversities. Although the action takes place in a fictional East, Voltaire uses the narrative to allude to social and political problems of his own time. The edition reproduces the complete text.
The work was originally published in 1747. This edition belongs to the Classiques Hachette collection and includes notes.
Annotated edition intended for students of French and for readers interested in eighteenth-century French literature.
François-Marie Arouet, known by his pen name Voltaire, was a French Enlightenment writer, philosopher (philosophe), satirist, and historian. Famous for his wit and his criticism of Christianity and of slavery, Voltaire was an advocate of freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and separation of church and state.
