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La Henriade En Dix Chants: Precedee, Accompagnee, Et Suivie De Toutes (1771)

AUTHOR Voltaire
PUBLISHER Kessinger Publishing (09/10/2010)
PRODUCT TYPE Paperback (Paperback)

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La Henriade en Dix Chants est un pome pique crit par Voltaire en 1723. Cette uvre relate l'histoire de Henri IV, roi de France, et son combat pour runifier le pays aprs les guerres de religion. La version de 1771 est accompagne de notes et de commentaires de l'auteur, ainsi que de tous les pomes et pices de thtre qu'il a crits sur le mme sujet. Cette dition est considre comme la plus complte de La Henriade. Le style de Voltaire est caractris par sa clart, son ironie et sa critique sociale. La Henriade est un exemple de la littrature franaise du XVIIIe sicle et est considre comme l'une des uvres les plus importantes de Voltaire.This Book Is In French.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.
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ISBN-13: 9781166195915
ISBN-10: 1166195910
Binding: Paperback or Softback (Trade Paperback (Us))
Content Language: French
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Page Count: 414
Carton Quantity: 22
Product Dimensions: 6.00 x 0.85 x 9.00 inches
Weight: 1.21 pound(s)
Country of Origin: US
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La Henriade en Dix Chants est un pome pique crit par Voltaire en 1723. Cette uvre relate l'histoire de Henri IV, roi de France, et son combat pour runifier le pays aprs les guerres de religion. La version de 1771 est accompagne de notes et de commentaires de l'auteur, ainsi que de tous les pomes et pices de thtre qu'il a crits sur le mme sujet. Cette dition est considre comme la plus complte de La Henriade. Le style de Voltaire est caractris par sa clart, son ironie et sa critique sociale. La Henriade est un exemple de la littrature franaise du XVIIIe sicle et est considre comme l'une des uvres les plus importantes de Voltaire.This Book Is In French.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.
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Author: Voltaire
Voltaire (Francois-Marie Arouet) (1694--1778) was one of the key thinkers of the European Enlightenment. Of his many works, "Candide" remains the most popular.
Peter Constantine was awarded the 1998 PEN Translation Award for "Six Early Stories "by Thomas Mann and the 1999 National Translation Award for "The Undiscovered Chekhov: Forty-three New Stories." Widely acclaimed for his recent translation of the complete works of Isaac Babel, he also translated Gogol's "Taras Bulba" and Tolstoy's "The Cossacks "for the Modern Library. His translations of fiction and poetry have appeared in many publications, including "The New Yorker, Harper's," and "Paris Review. "He lives in New York City.
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