This well-established selection of Voltaire`s philosophical stories is now updated and expanded to include the verse tale What Pleases the Ladies
The most extensive one-volume selection currently available.
Revised introduction reflects recent critical debates and includes a new section on Voltaire`s verse tales, increasingly seen as belonging with his prose tales.
Revised notes and updated bibliography.
New to this Edition:
A verse translation of Ce qui plaît aux dames` (What Pleases the Ladies), Voltaire`s best verse tale.
Updated translations, revised introduction and notes, and updated bibliography.