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The Project Gutenberg EBook of Romans -- Volume 3: Micromegas, by Voltaire This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: Romans -- Volume 3: Micromegas Author: Voltaire Translator: Peter Phalen Release Date: September 28, 2009 [EBook #30123] Language: English Character set encoding: ASCII *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK ROMANS -- VOLUME 3: MICROMEGAS *** Produced by Peter Phalen. HTML version by Al Haines. [Transcriber's note: this etext is a translation of Project Gutenberg's #4649.] THE WORKS OF VOLTAIRE. VOLUME XXXIII FROM THE PRINTING HOUSE OF A. FIRMIN DIDOT, RUE JACOB, No 24. THE WORKS OF VOLTAIRE PREFACES, CAUTIONS, NOTES, ETC. BY M. BEUCHOT. VOLUME XXXIII. NOVELS. VOLUME I. IN PARIS, LEFEVRE, BOOKSELLER, RUE DE L'EPERON, Ko 6. WERDET ET LEQUIEN FILS, RUE DU BATTOIR, No 20. MDCCCXXIX. MICROMEGAS, PHILOSOPHICAL HISTORY. Publisher's preface. Voltaire's lengthy correspondences do not contain anything that might indicate the period in which _Micromegas_ was published. The engraved title of the edition that I believe to be the original displays no date. Abbot Trublet, in his _Biography of Fontenelle_, does not hesitate to say that _Micromegas_ is directed against Fontenelle; but does not speak of the date of publication. I have therefore retained that given by the Kehl editions: 1752. However there is an edition carrying the date of 1700. Is this date authentic? I would not make this claim; far from it. I have therefore followed the Kehl editions, in which _Micromegas_ is preceded by this warning: This novel can be seen as an imitation of Gulliver's Travels. It contains many allusions. The dwarf of Saturn is Mr
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