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The Princess of Babylon

Author
Voltaire
Read by
Eloise Fairfax
Language
English
Length
2 hours 36 minutes
ISBN
9781787368910
Published
15 January 2024
Imprint
Adelphi Press
  • Voltaire
  • enlightenment
  • history
  • philosophy
  • humour
  • wit
  • poetry
  • epic
  • romantic
  • philosophical

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Voltaire's 'The Princess of Babylon' is an enchanting tale of love, intrigue, and diplomacy set in a fantastical Orient. Princess Formosante's quest for true love intertwines with political machinations, highlighting Voltaire's wit and satire. The narrative weaves romance and philosophical reflection, offering a timeless exploration of power, virtue, and the human heart, encapsulated in a captivating fairy-tale setting. Read in English, unabridged.

Author

Voltaire (1694–1778) made French prose feel like a blade you could pocket. Candide moves too fast for consolation: earthquake, war, and a garden that is not a philosophy so much as a last useful sentence. The letters, the tales, the long public quarrel with superstition — they share one climate. Ridicule here is not decoration. It is how a mind stays free in a crowded century.

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