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The Harbinger of the Enlightenment
The Year "Voltaire" Was Born
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The Harbinger of the Enlightenment
Born on November 21st, 1694 as François-Marie Arouet, "Voltaire" was created in a prison in Bastille in 1718. Arouet was imprisoned at...
The Year "Voltaire" Was Born
Today's the day middle-class François-Marie Arouet was thrown into the Bastille jail for his questionable poem La Henriade. For the time...
Famous Works:
Candide
1759
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Essay on Manner and Spirit of Nation
1759
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La Henriad
1728
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Zaïre
1732
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Å’dipe
1718
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