The Henriad: A Poem, With the Notes and Variations (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

Voltaire Voltaire

9780331814774: The Henriad: A Poem, With the Notes and Variations (Classic Reprint)

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ISBN 10: 0331814773 ISBN 13: 9780331814774

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Besides we have done nothing more than what is practised in an tragedies, where the events are conformed to the rules of the theatre.

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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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