The Philosophy of History. Translated from the original French of M. de Voltaire. - Softcover

Voltaire

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1241396450 ISBN 13: 9781241396459

Verlag: British Library, Historical Print Editions, 2011

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Title: The Philosophy of History. Translated from the original French of M. de Voltaire.

Publisher: British Library, Historical Print Editions

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British Library
Voltaire;
1822.
iii, 161 p. ; 8º.
800.f.27.

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Voltaire (Francois-Marie Arouet) (1694--1778) was one of the key thinkers of the European Enlightenment. Of his many works, "Candide" remains the most popular.
Peter Constantine was awarded the 1998 PEN Translation Award for "Six Early Stories "by Thomas Mann and the 1999 National Translation Award for "The Undiscovered Chekhov: Forty-three New Stories." Widely acclaimed for his recent translation of the complete works of Isaac Babel, he also translated Gogol's "Taras Bulba" and Tolstoy's "The Cossacks "for the Modern Library. His translations of fiction and poetry have appeared in many publications, including "The New Yorker, Harper's," and "Paris Review. "He lives in New York City.

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• Verlag: British Library, Historical Print Editions
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1241396450
• ISBN 13: 9781241396459
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 184