Œuvres complètes de Voltaire, t.57A: Writings of 1763-1764
Ed. Simon Davies, Graham Gargett, et al.
ISBN 978-0-7294-1059-5, xxii, 388 pages, £105.00.
1763-1764 shows a relentlessly satirical Voltaire, whether he is goading the Le Franc de Pompignan brothers, or mocking Omer de Fleury for his stance on inoculation. In Voltaire and the tithes of Ferney, there is further evidence of his continued involvement with local and national politics on the subject of taxes, while simultaneously penning one of his key texts on the Bible, his Catéchisme de l’honnête homme. The shorter verses show us a Voltaire at turns flattering to his friends, and keen to summarise Louis XV’s legacy in verse. The volume ends with a text misattributed to Voltaire celebrating two actresses as they retire from the stage.
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