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French literature
Voltaire
The Works of Voltaire, Vol. I (Candide)
Taken from the 21 volume 1901 edition of the Complete Works, this is Voltaire’s most famous “philosophic tale” in which he makes fun of the idea that “this is the best of all possible worlds” by showing how much injustice and folly there really is in the world. He targets slavery, religious intoleration, and tyranny. He concludes that each person should “tend to their own garden” and leave others alone to do likewise.
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Essays of Montaigne, Vol. 1
Volume 1 of a 10 volume collection of Montaigne’s famous essays in the 17th century English translation by Charles Cotton.
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The Divine Comedy, vol. 3 (Paradiso) (Bilingual edition)
Dante’s masterwork is a 3 volume work written in Italian rather than Latin. It embraces human individuality and happiness in a way which suggests the beginning of the Renaissance. This is a bilngual Italian and English edition. Vol. 3 Paradiso (Heaven) shows the beauty and the rewards awaiting those who have been blessed by God.
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Essays of Montaigne, Vol. 2
Volume 2 of a 10 volume collection of Montaigne’s famous essays in the 17th century English translation by Charles Cotton.
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The Divine Comedy, Vol. 2 (Purgatorio) (Bilingual edition)
Dante’s masterwork is a 3 volume work written in Italian rather than Latin. It embraces human individuality and happiness in a way which suggests the beginning of the Renaissance. This is a bilingual Italian and English edition. Vol. 2 Purgatorio (Purgatory) shows how souls might be perfected in a painful process which leads ultimately to one’s moral development and improvement.
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The Divine Comedy, Vol. 1 (Inferno) (Bilingual edition)
Dante’s masterwork is a 3 volume work written in Italian rather than Latin. It embraces human individuality and happiness in a way which suggests the beginning of the Renaissance. This edition contains a side-by-side English and Italian version. Vol. 1 (Inferno (Hell) describes what happens to the souls of the wicked who are condemned to suffer the torments of Hell.
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The Works of Voltaire. A Contemporary Version, in 21 vols.
A 21 volume collected works of the writings of Voltaire with a biographical volume by the English Liberal MP John Morley and notes by the 18th century Scottish novelist Tobias Smollett.
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Essays of Montaigne, in 10 vols.
This edition presents a full ten-volume set of Michel de Montaigne’s Essays, translated into English in the 17th century by Charles Cotton and later revised by William Carew Hazlitt. Volumes 1 through 9 consist of the translated essays themselves, while Volume 10 contains Montaigne's Life and Letters, along with explanatory notes and an index
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