The Works of Voltaire, Vol. X The Dramatic Works Part 1
Volume 10 of the 21 volume 1901 edition of the Complete Works. It contains 3 plays: Zaire, Caesar, The Prodigal, Prefaces to his plays, and a collection of his poetry.
From The Works of Voltaire, A Contemporary Version, (New York: E.R. DuMont, 1901), A Critique and Biography by John Morley, notes by Tobias Smollett, trans. William F. Fleming. Vol. X The Dramatic Works Part 1 (Zaire, Caesar, The Prodigal, Prefaces) and Part II (The Lisbon Earthquake and Other Poems).
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- Notes: Tobias Smollett
- Translator: William F. Fleming
- Author: Voltaire
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Table of Contents
- The WORKS of VOLTAIRE
- THE DRAMATIC WORKS OF VOLTAIRE Vol. X—Part I
- CONTENTS
- LIST OF PLATES Part I
- ZAÏRE
- DRAMATIS PERSONÆ.
- An Epistle Dedicatory to Mr. Falkener, an English Merchant, Since Ambassador at Constantinople, with the Tragedy of Zaïre.
- A Second Letter to Mr. Falkener, Then Ambassador to Constantinople.
- ACT I.
- SCENE I.
- SCENE II.
- SCENE III.
- SCENE IV.
- SCENE V.
- ACT II.
- SCENE I.
- SCENE II.
- SCENE III.
- SCENE IV.
- ACT III.
- SCENE I.
- SCENE II.
- SCENE III.
- SCENE IV.
- SCENE V.
- SCENE VI.
- SCENE VII.
- ACT IV.
- SCENE I.
- SCENE II.
- SCENE III.
- SCENE IV.
- SCENE V.
- SCENE VI.
- SCENE VII.
- ACT V.
- SCENE I.
- SCENE II.
- SCENE III.
- SCENE IV.
- SCENE V.
- SCENE VI.
- SCENE VII.
- SCENE VIII.
- SCENE IX.
- SCENE the last.
- CÆSAR.
- DRAMATIS PERSONÆ.
- ACT I.
- SCENE I.
- SCENE II.
- SCENE III.
- SCENE IV.
- ACT II.
- SCENE I.
- SCENE II.
- SCENE III.
- SCENE IV.
- SCENE V.
- ACT III.
- SCENE I.
- SCENE II.
- SCENE III.
- SCENE IV.
- SCENE V.
- SCENE VI.
- SCENE VII.
- SCENE VIII.
- THE PRODIGAL
- DRAMATIS PERSONÆ.
- ACT I.
- SCENE I.
- SCENE II.
- SCENE III.
- SCENE IV.
- SCENE V.
- ACT II.
- SCENE I.
- SCENE II.
- SCENE III.
- SCENE IV.
- SCENE V.
- SCENE VI.
- ACT III.
- SCENE I.
- SCENE II.
- SCENE III.
- SCENE IV.
- SCENE V.
- SCENE VI.
- ACT IV.
- SCENE I.
- SCENE II.
- SCENE III.
- SCENE IV.
- SCENE V.
- SCENE VI.
- SCENE VII.
- ACT V.
- SCENE I.
- SCENE II.
- SCENE III.
- SCENE IV.
- SCENE V.
- SCENE VI.
- SCENE VII.
- PREFACE TO MARIAMNE.
- PREFACE TO ORESTES.
- A Letter to Her most Serene Highness the Duchess of Maine.
- PREFACE TO CATILINE.
- PREFACE.
- PREFACE TO MÉROPE.
- A Letter from the Jesuit Tournemine to Father Brumoy, on the Tragedy of Mérope.
- PREFACE TO THE PRODIGAL.
- PREFACE TO NANINE.
- 1PREFACE TO SOCRATES.
- NOTE ON MAHOMET.
- PREFACE TO JULIUS CÆSAR.
- A Letter from Signor Algarotti, to Signor Franchini, Envoy at Florence.
- VOLTAIRE THE LISBON EARTHQUAKE AND OTHER POEMS Vol. X—Part II
- CONTENTS
- LIST OF PLATES Part II
- AUTHOR’S PREFACE TO THE LISBON EARTHQUAKE.
- THE LISBON EARTHQUAKE.*
- PREFACE TO THE POEM ON THE LAW OF NATURE.
- THE LAW OF NATURE.
- PART THE FIRST.
- PART THE SECOND.
- PART THE THIRD.
- PART THE FOURTH.
- THE TEMPLE OF TASTE.*
- THE TEMPLE OF FRIENDSHIP.
- THOUGHTS ON THE NEWTONIAN PHILOSOPHY, ADDRESSED TO THE MARCHIONESS DU CHÂTELET.
- ON THE DEATH OF ADRIENNE LECOUVREUR, A CELEBRATED ACTRESS.
- TO THE KING OF PRUSSIA ON HIS ACCESSION TO THE THRONE.
- FROM LOVE TO FRIENDSHIP.
- THE WORLDLING.*
- ON CALUMNY.
- THE KING OF PRUSSIA TO M. VOLTAIRE.
- THE ANSWER.
- ON THE ENGLISH GENIUS.
- WHAT PLEASES THE LADIES.
- THE EDUCATION OF A PRINCE.
- THE EDUCATION OF A DAUGHTER.
- THE THREE MANNERS.
- THELEMA AND MACAREUS.
- AZOLAN.
- THE ORIGIN OF TRADES.
- THE BATTLE OF FONTENOY.
- THE MAN OF THE WORLD.*
- THE PADLOCK.*
- IN CAMP BEFORE PHILIPPSBURG, JULY 3, 1734.
- ANSWER TO A LADY, OR A PERSON WHO WROTE TO VOLTAIRE AS SUCH.*
- ENVY.
- THE NATURE OF VIRTUE.
- TO THE KING OF PRUSSIA.
- I.
- II.
- TO M. DE FONTENELLE.
- TO COUNT ALGAROTTI AT THE COURT OF SAXONY.
- TO CARDINAL QUIRINI.
- TO HER ROYAL HIGHNESS, THE PRINCESS OF ***.
- TO M. DE CIDEVILLE.
- TO ****.
- EPISTLE XIII.*
- TO THE DUKE OF RICHELIEU, MARSHAL OF FRANCE, IN WHOSE HONOR THE SENATE OF GENOA HAD JUST BEFORE CAUSED A STATUE TO BE ERECTED.*
- TO MADAM DE ***, ON THE MANNER OF LIVING AT PARIS AND VERSAILLES.
- TO THE PRINCE OF VENDôME.
- TO MADAM DE GONDOIN, AFTERWARD COUNTESS OF TOULOUSE, ON THE DANGER SHE HAD BEEN EXPOSED TO IN PASSING THE LOIRE IN 1719.
- TO THE DUKE DELAFEUILLADE.
- TO MARSHAL VILLARS.*
- TO MONSIEUR GENONVILLE.
- TO THE COUNTESS OF FONTAINE-MARTEL.*
- WRITTEN FROM PLOMBIÉRES TO M. PALLU, INTENDANT OF LYONS.
- THE NATURE OF PLEASURE.
- THE UTILITY OF SCIENCES TO PRINCES. TO THE PRINCE ROYAL OF PRUSSIA, SINCE KING OF PRUSSIA.
- EPISTLE IN ANSWER TO A LETTER, WITH WHICH, UPON HIS ACCESSION TO THE THRONE, THE KING OF PRUSSIA HONORED THE AUTHOR.
- EPISTLE TO THE KING, PRESENTED TO HIS MAJESTY AT THE CAMP BEFORE FREIBURG.
- ON THE DEATH OF THE EMPEROR CHARLES.
- TO THE QUEEN OF HUNGARY.
- INSCRIBED TO THE GENTLEMEN OF THE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, WHO SAILED TO THE POLAR CIRCLE AND THE EQUATOR, IN ORDER TO ASCERTAIN THE FIGURE OF THE EARTH.
- TO M. DE GERVASI, THE PHYSICIAN.*
- THE REQUISITES TO HAPPINESS.
- TO A LADY, VERY WELL KNOWN TO THE WHOLE TOWN.
- FANATICISM.*
- ON PEACE CONCLUDED IN 1736.
- TO ABBÉ CHAULIEU.*
- ANSWER TO THE FOREGOING.
- TO PRESIDENT HÉNAULT, AUTHOR OF AN EXCELLENT WORK UPON THE HISTORY OF FRANCE.
- CANTO OF AN EPIC POEM.*
- EPISTLE ON THE NEWTONIAN PHILOSOPHY.* TO THE MARCHIONESS OF CHÂTELET.
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