Voltaire Audio Books

Listen to this French satire written by the Enlightenment philosopher Voltaire and published in 1759. In this short work with a running time of only 4 hours, Voltaire delivers a relentless, brutal assault on government, society, religion, education, and, above all, optimism.

Zadig, ou La Destinée, ("Zadig, or The Book of Fate") (1747) is a famous novel written by the French Enlightenment philosopher Voltaire. It tells the story of Zadig, a philosopher in ancient Babylonia.

L'Ingénu is a satirical novella by the French writer Voltaire, published in 1767. It tells the story of a Huron Indian transported to the sophistication of eighteenth century Paris, and satirizes religious doctrine, as well as the folly and injustices of French society.

From the satirical pen of one of France's greatest cynics comes the story of Candide - young, innocent...

Candide is a French satire written in 1759 by Voltaire, a philosopher of the Age of Enlightenment. One of the finest satires ever written, this lively tale follows the absurdly melodramatic adventures of the youthful Candide, who is forced into the army, flogged, shipwrecked, betrayed, robbed, separated from his beloved Cunegonde, and tortured by the Inquisition.

Voltaire's preoccupations with evil and with various kinds of human folly and intolerance found a perfect vehicle in this philosophical tale....

Candide is the story of a thoughtful man who, though pummeled by fate, holds to his belief that he lives "in the best of all possible worlds." On the surface...

This is the tale of the happy but ill-fated Candide, and his progressive disillusionment with the idea that we live in the best of all possible worlds.

Preeminent French cynic and philosopher Voltaire (1694-1778) collected ideas and thoughts that...

Voltaire's razor-sharp satire on philosophical optimism, Candide, is coupled here with another of the author's most celebrated works, Zadig.