The life of Voltaire
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1. Front matter2. ILLUSTRATIONS3. SOME SOURCES OF INFORMATION4. CHAPTER I THE BOYHOOD5. CHAPTER II EPIGRAMS AND THE BASTILLE6. CHAPTER III “ŒDIPE,” AND THE JOURNEY TO HOLLAND7. CHAPTER IV THE “HENRIADE,” AND A VISIT TO COURT8. CHAPTER V ENGLAND, AND THE “ENGLISH LETTERS”9. CHAPTER VI PLAYS, A BURLESQUE, AND THE APPEARANCE OF THE “LETTERS”10. CHAPTER VII MADAME DU CHÂTELET11. CHAPTER VIII A YEAR OF STORMS12. CHAPTER IX WORK AT CIREY13. CHAPTER X PLEASURE AT CIREY14. CHAPTER XI THE AFFAIR DESFONTAINES15. CHAPTER XII FLYING VISITS TO FREDERICK16. CHAPTER XIII TWO PLAYS AND A FAILURE17. CHAPTER XIV VOLTAIRE AS DIPLOMATIST AND COURTIER18. CHAPTER XV THE POPE, THE POMPADOUR, AND “THE TEMPLE OF GLORY”19. CHAPTER XVI THE ACADEMY, AND A VISIT20. CHAPTER XVII COURT DISFAVOUR, AND HIDING AT SCEAUX21. CHAPTER XVIII THE MARQUIS DE SAINT-LAMBERT22. CHAPTER XIX THE DEATH OF MADAME DU CHÂTELET23. CHAPTER XX PARIS, “ORESTE” AND “ROME SAUVÉE”24. CHAPTER XXI GLAMOUR25. CHAPTER XXII THE RIFT WITHIN THE LUTE26. CHAPTER XXIII THE QUARREL WITH MAUPERTUIS27. CHAPTER XXIV THE FLIGHT FROM PRUSSIA28. CHAPTER XXV THE COMEDY OF FRANKFORT29. CHAPTER XXVI THE “ESSAY ON THE MANNERS AND MIND OF NATIONS”30. CHAPTER XXVII THE ARRIVAL IN SWITZERLAND31. CHAPTER XXVIII THE DÉLICES, AND THE “POEM ON THE DISASTER OF LISBON”32. CHAPTER XXIX “NATURAL LAW,” THE VISIT OF D’ALEMBERT, AND THE AFFAIR OF BYNG33. CHAPTER XXX THE INTERFERENCE IN THE SEVEN YEARS’ WAR, THE “GENEVA” ARTICLE, AND LIFE AT DÉLICES34. CHAPTER XXXI “THE LITERARY WAR,” AND THE PURCHASE OF FERNEY AND TOURNEY35. CHAPTER XXXII FERNEY36. CHAPTER XXXIII “CANDIDE,” AND “ÉCRASEZ L’INFÂME”37. CHAPTER XXXIV THE BATTLE OF PARTICLES, AND THE BATTLE OF COMEDIES38. CHAPTER XXXV BUILDING A CHURCH, AND ENDOWING A DAUGHTER39. CHAPTER XXXVI THE AFFAIR OF CALAS40. CHAPTER XXXVII THE “TREATISE ON TOLERANCE”41. CHAPTER XXXVIII THE SIRVENS AND LA BARRE42. CHAPTER XXXIX VOLTAIRE AND GENEVA: VOLTAIRE AND LA HARPE43. CHAPTER XL THE COLONY OF WATCHMAKERS AND WEAVERS44. CHAPTER XLI THE PIGALLE STATUE, AND THE VINDICATION OF LALLY45. CHAPTER XLII LATTER DAYS46. CHAPTER XLIII THE LAST VISIT47. CHAPTER XLIV THE END48. INDEX