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Micromegas

by Voltaire

EN·~44 minutes·12 chapters

Chapters

12 total

THE WORKS OF VOLTAIRE. VOLUME XXXIII FROM THE PRINTING HOUSE OF A. FIRMIN DIDOT, RUE JACOB, No 24.

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THE WORKS OF VOLTAIRE PREFACES, CAUTIONS, NOTES, ETC. BY M. BEUCHOT. VOLUME XXXIII. NOVELS. VOLUME I. IN PARIS, LEFÈVRE, BOOKSELLER, RUE DE L'ÉPERON, Ko 6. WERDET ET LEQUIEN FILS, RUE DU BATTOIR, No 20. MDCCCXXIX.

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MICROMEGAS, PHILOSOPHICAL HISTORY.

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Publisher's preface.

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MICROMEGAS, PHILOSOPHICAL HISTORY

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CHAPTER I. - Voyage of an inhabitant of the Sirius star to the planet Saturn.

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CHAPTER II. - Conversation between the inhabitant of Sirius and that of Saturn.

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CHAPTER III. - Voyage of the two inhabitants of Sirius and Saturn.

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CHAPTER IV. - What happened on planet Earth.

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CHAPTER V. - Experiments and reasonings of the two voyagers.

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Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microm%C3%A9gas

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Produced by Peter Phalen. HTML version by Al Haines.

Release date

2009-09-28

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

Source

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Subjects

Science fiction Short stories Life on other planets -- Fiction Interplanetary voyages -- Fiction Voyages, Imaginary -- Fiction PQ

About the author

Voltaire

1694–1778

A dazzling wit of the Enlightenment, this French writer used satire, plays, essays, and stories to challenge intolerance and abuses of power. Best known today for Candide, he remains one of the sharpest and most entertaining voices in European literature.

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