The quotable Voltaire / edited by Garry Apgar and Edward M. Langille.

Lewisburg, Pennsylvania : Bucknell University Press, [2021]

xv, 467 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Each entry in The Quotable Voltaire is presented in parallel versions: in English and the original language, invariably French, but occasionally German, Italian, or Spanish.

"The Quotable Voltaire is an illustrated treasury of about 1,200 quotes by and about Voltaire, including comments about the witty French sage and man of letters by contemporaries like Dr. Johnson, Catherine the Great and Casanova, Abigail and John Adams, and modern-day luminaries ranging from Winston Churchill and Jorge Luis Borges to Mae West and Mike Tyson"-- Provided by publisher.

English; French; German; Italian; Spanish

August 13, 2021

Includes bibliographical references and index.