Zadig
- Idioma:
- anglès
- Completesa:
- Obra completa
- Autoria:
- Escrita per l'autor
- Estat del text:
- Text net
- Extensió:
- ~31.400 paraules · 149 passatges
Cita aquesta obra
- APAVoltaire. (n.d.). Zadig. SigPhi. https://sigphiai.com/ca/works/voltaire/zadig-or-the-book-of-fate
- MLAVoltaire. "Zadig." SigPhi, https://sigphiai.com/ca/works/voltaire/zadig-or-the-book-of-fate.
- ChicagoVoltaire. Zadig. SigPhi. https://sigphiai.com/ca/works/voltaire/zadig-or-the-book-of-fate.
De què tracta
«Zadig»: un conte oriental sobre el destí, la justícia i el que sembla que sigui casualitat.
Context i història
Anterior a «Càndid» i menys amarg. Conté l'episodi del gos i el cavall, on Zadig dedueix com són uns animals que no ha vist mai només pels rastres — la pàgina que Poe i Conan Doyle van convertir en el mètode de Dupin i de Sherlock Holmes. Voltaire escrivia en francès: això és una traducció anglesa antiga, en domini públic. Per citar, l'original.
Context editorial, no una font citable: a diferència dels passatges de l'obra, aquestes dades no es poden contrastar amb el corpus.
Thou Joy of ev'ry Eye! Thou Torment of every Heart! Thou Intellectual Light! I do not kiss the Dust of thy Feet; because thou seldom art seen out of the Seraglio, and when thou art, thou walkest only on the Carpets of _Iran_, or on Beds of Roses. I here present you with a Translation of the Work of an ancient _Sage_, who having the Happiness of living free from all Avocations, thought proper, by Way of Amusement, to write the History of _Zadig_; a Performance, that comprehends in it more Instruction than, 'tis possible, you may at first be aware of. I beg you would indulge me so far as to read it over, and then pass your impartial Judgment upon it: For notwithstanding you are in the Bloom of your Life; tho' ev'ry Pleasure courts you; tho' you are Nature's Darling, and have internal Qualities in proportion to your Beauty; tho' the World resounds your Praises from Morning till Night, and consequently you must have a just Title to a superior Degree of Understanding than the rest of your Sex; Yet your Wit is no ways flashy; Your Taste is refin'd, and I have had the Honour to hear you talk more learnedly than the wisest _Dervise_, with his venerable Beard, and pointed Bonnet: You are discreet, and yet not mistrustful; you are easy, but not weak; you are beneficent with Discretion; you love your Friends, and create yourself no Enemies.…