TY - BOOK AU - Voltaire TI - L'Ingénu AV - PQ PY - 2003/// CY - Salt Lake City, UT PB - Project Gutenberg KW - Satire KW - French fiction -- 18th century N1 - Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27Ing%C3%A9nu https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27Ing%C3%A9nu; Release date is 2003-11-01; Carlo Traverso; Original publication data not identified N2 - "L'Ingénu" by Voltaire is a philosophical tale published in 1767. A Huron man arrives in France and views French society with innocent candor. He falls in love with Mlle de Saint-Yves, but their romance faces obstacles from religious authorities and tyrannical powers of Louis XIV's era. The work satirizes abuses of power, religious constraint, and corrupt administration while exploring themes of reason versus dogma and the state of nature. Through dramatic and emotional storytelling, Voltaire crafts a tale of thwarted love and tragic fate. (This is an automatically generated summary.) UR - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4651 ER -