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A dramatic play by the unquestionable genius and the illustrious character of literature history, Voltaire.ABOUT THE AUTHORFrançois-Marie Arouet, most famously known as Voltaire, was a universal genius with unspeakable creativity. During French Enlightenment, he had careers as a writer, a historian and a philosopher famous for his wit and for his advocacy of civil liberties, including freedom of religion and free trade. As a prolific writer, he produced works in almost every literary form including plays, poetry, novels, essays, and historical and scientific works. Moreover, he wrote more than 20,000 letters and more than 2,000 books and pamphlets. As a satirical polemicist, he frequently made use of his works to criticize intolerance, religious dogma and the French institutions of his day.