Zadig

Classic Literature & Fiction

Author: Voltaire

One of Voltaire’s earliest tales, Zadig is set in the exotic East and is told in the comic spirit of Candide; L’Ingenu, written after Candide, is a darker tale in which an American Indian records his impressions of France….Read More

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