Or, The Book of Fate.
Reading edition
An Oriental History
By Voltaire
CONTENTS
CHAP. I.
The blind Eye page 1
CHAP. II.
The Nose 13
CHAP. III.
The Dog and the Horse, &c. 20
CHAP. IV.
The Envious Man 33
CHAP. V.
The Force of Generosity 45
CHAP. VI.
The Just Judge 53
CHAP. VII.
The Force of Jealousy 63
CHAP. VIII.
The Thresh’d Wife 79
CHAP. IX.
The Captive 89
CHAP. X.
The Funeral Pile 100
CHAP. XI.
The Evening’s Entertainment 111
CHAP. XII.
The Rendezvous 124
CHAP. XIII.
The Free-booter 135
CHAP. XIV.
The Fisherman 147
CHAP. XV.
The Basilisk 159
CHAP. XVI.
The Tournaments 187
CHAP. XVII.
The Hermit 205
CHAP. XVIII.
The Riddles, or Ænigmas 225