Author : James Parton
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780265419021
Total Pages : 644 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (19 download)
Book Synopsis Life of Voltaire, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint) by : James Parton
Download or read book Life of Voltaire, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint) written by James Parton and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-17 with total page 644 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Life of Voltaire, Vol. 1 I attempt in these volumes to exhibit to the American people the most extraordinary of Frenchmen, and one of the most extraordinary of human beings. When first I ventured, many years ago, to think of this task, I soon ceased to wonder why a subject so alluring had not been undertaken before by any one employing the whole of the existing material. Voltaire was then buried under a mountain of heterogeneous record. The attempts of essayists, even those of the first rank, to characterize him truly were in some degree frustrated by an abundance of unsorted informa tion that defied all ordinary research. Since that time the Voltairean material has continued to accumulate, and never so rapidly as during the last three years. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.