The Friends of Voltaire
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The Friends of Voltaire, written by Evelyn Beatrice Hall
under the pseudonym S.G. Tallentyre, was published in 1906. In 1907 it was published in Great Britain
under the author's own name by Putnam's Sons. This classic work about Voltaire
was still being printed nearly 100 years later in 2003.
The book is in the form of an anecdotal biography telling the stories of ten men whose lives fell very closely together. The ten men were true contemporaries and aside from their friendship with Voltaire they were more or less closely associated with one another. Each of the ten is characterized by giving them an identifying label as follows d'Alembert the Thinker, Diderot the Talker, Galiani the Wit, Vauvenargues
the Aphorist, d'Holbach the Host, Grimm
the Journalist, Helvétius the Contradiction, Turgot
the Statesman, Beaumarchais the Playwright, and Condorcet the Aristocrat
Evelyn Beatrice Hall
Evelyn Beatrice Hall, , who wrote under the pseudonym S.G. Tallentyre, was an English writer best known for her biography of Voltaire with the title The Friends of Voltaire, which she completed in 1906....
under the pseudonym S.G. Tallentyre, was published in 1906. In 1907 it was published in Great Britain
Great Britain
Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...
under the author's own name by Putnam's Sons. This classic work about Voltaire
Voltaire
François-Marie Arouet , better known by the pen name Voltaire , was a French Enlightenment writer, historian and philosopher famous for his wit and for his advocacy of civil liberties, including freedom of religion, free trade and separation of church and state...
was still being printed nearly 100 years later in 2003.
The book is in the form of an anecdotal biography telling the stories of ten men whose lives fell very closely together. The ten men were true contemporaries and aside from their friendship with Voltaire they were more or less closely associated with one another. Each of the ten is characterized by giving them an identifying label as follows d'Alembert the Thinker, Diderot the Talker, Galiani the Wit, Vauvenargues
Vauvenargues
Vauvenargues may refer to:* Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues, French writer* Vauvenargues, a commune of the Bouches-du-Rhône département in southern France, near Aix-en-Provence...
the Aphorist, d'Holbach the Host, Grimm
Grimm
-Media:* Brothers Grimm , the third album by Australian hip hop singer Drapht-Fiction:* The Brothers Grimm, German academics, linguists, cultural researchers, and authors...
the Journalist, Helvétius the Contradiction, Turgot
Michel-Étienne Turgot
Michel-Étienne Turgot was prévôt des marchands de Paris from 1729 to 1740...
the Statesman, Beaumarchais the Playwright, and Condorcet the Aristocrat
External links
- The Friends of Voltaire -- full text at the Internet Archive.