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Unabridged. |
| Description |
1 online resource (1 audio file (42hr., 55 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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data file rda |
| Series |
Story of Civilization ; bk. 9 |
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Will, Durant.
Story of Civilization. Spoken word ; bk. 9.
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| Access |
Digital content provided by hoopla. |
| Cast |
Read by Grover Gardner. |
| Summary |
The Age of Voltaire, the ninth volume of The Story of Civilization, is an in-depth examination of France and England in the first half of the eighteenth century. In this masterful work, listeners will encounter the English ideas that inspired the Enlightenment in France-skepticism, scientific experiment, constitutional government, "natural rights," and individual liberty; the salons of Paris, where the wits and thinkers of all Europe gathered to exchange ideas; the philosophes-intellectuals, playwrights, and poets who consulted and consorted with kings and queens; Voltaire himself-the incarnation of the Enlightenment and a devotee of reason who still defended religious faith; Mme. Pompadour, patron of the philosophes, who seduced King Louis XV and through him influenced French policy; the Augustan Age in English literature-Alexander Pope's poetry, Jonathan Swift's satires, and the novels of Samuel Richardson and Henry Fielding; and the growing parasitism of the aristocracy and rising power of the commercial class. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Subject |
Voltaire, 1694-1778.
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Enlightenment -- Europe.
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Europe -- History -- 18th century.
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Europe -- Civilization -- 18th century.
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| Added Author |
Gardner, Grover, narrator.
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Durant, Ariel, author.
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| Added Title |
hoopla (Digital media service)
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| ISBN |
9781982497361 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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198249736X (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
| Music No. |
MWT11354304 |
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