Voltaire

Alzire (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

François-Marie Arouet wrote under the nom de plume of Voltaire, and produced works in almost every literary form, including plays, poems, novels, essays, and historical and scientific works. Alzire first appeared on the stage in 1736 to great acclaim and success. Alzire is set Lima, Peru, at the time of the Spanish conquest. Don Gusman, a Spanish grandee, has just succeeded his father, Don Alvarez, in the Governorship of Peru. The rule of Don Alvarez had been beneficent and just; he had spent his life in endeavoring to soften the cruelty of his countrymen; and his only remaining wish was to see his son carry on the work which he had begun. Unfortunately, however, Don Gusman's temperament was the very opposite of his father's; he was tyrannical, harsh, headstrong, and bigoted. It is in vain that Don Alvarez reminds his son that the true Christian returns good for evil and as a result tragedy insues.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wilder Publications, Inc.
• Seitenzahl: 40
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Juni 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781627557498
• Artikelnr.: 40781603

Autorenporträt

Voltaire (* 21. November 1694 in Paris; ¿ 30. Mai 1778 ebenda) war ein französischer Philosoph und Schriftsteller. Er ist einer der meistgelesenen und einflussreichsten Autoren der Aufklärung.