by Voltaire · Gallimard Education · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782070339945
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«Le Monde comme il va et autres contes» is a collection of short stories by Voltaire, published by Gallimard Education in paperback (128 pages, in French).
A genius entrusts young Babouc with a mission: to visit Persepolis and judge whether its inhabitants deserve the city to remain standing. Babouc's walk amid luxury and excess reveals a society full of contradictions, which Voltaire portrays with irony to question hypocrisy, power, and morality. The book includes other tales by the author.
It belongs to the Folio 2 euros collection, was published in 2006, and is edited by Jacques Van den Heuvel and Frédéric Deloffre.
For those who enjoy French classics and moral satire that combines social observation and irony.
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.
