by Voltaire · Editions Larousse (FR) · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782035832146
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«L'Ingénu» is Voltaire's philosophical tale, published by Larousse in paperback (175 pages, in French).
A young Huron of Breton descent arrives in Saint-Malo in 1689 and falls in love with the devout Mlle de Saint-Yves. To win her hand, he sets off for Versailles, where his sincerity and ignorance of conventions get him into trouble. Voltaire uses this naive perspective to criticize institutions, abuses of power and religion.
This 2006 edition belongs to the Petits Classiques Larousse collection and includes the complete text, with pedagogical apparatus and annotations by Yves Stalloni.
Intended for high school students preparing for French exams 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.
