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Voltaire
Francis Marie Arouet de Voltaire, simply known by his pen name, Voltaire, was one of the more celebrated French authors of his time. ...
Voltaire was born on November 21, 1694 in Paris, France. ...
Voltaire was drawn into the circle of 72-year-old poet the Abbé de Chaulieu. ... After a run-in with a French refugee, Voltaire returned to Paris in 1713 and was articled to a lawyer. ... In 1726, an aristocrat named Chevalier de Rohan hired ruffians to beat down the poet after his witty retort to an insult on Voltaire? ... Voltaire demanded satisfaction through a duel, after which he was thrown into the Bastille through Rohan? ...
Voltaire returned to France in 1729. ... After their publication in France, copies were seized from Voltaire?s bookseller, and Voltaire was threatened with arrest. ...
Before 1735 Voltaire didn? ... Their quarrels over the Old and New Testaments were important as preparation for the antireligious works that Voltaire published in the 1750s and 1760s. ... s influence, Voltaire was by 1743 less unwelcome at Versailles than in 1733, but still resented as a ? ...
Voltaire accepted Frederick? ... s hospitality, Voltaire then gradually became anxious, quarrelsome, and finally disenchanted. ... Frederick retaliated by delaying permission for Voltaire? ...
With Paris still forbidden to him, Voltaire bought an estate at Ferney, where he lived out his days as a kingly patriarch. ...
Francis Marie Arouet de Voltaire finally died in Paris on May 30, 1778.
Approximate Word count = 1134
Approximate Pages = 4.5
(250 words per page double spaced)
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