Voltaire,  1694-1778 <br/><br/>
Zadig; Or, The Book of Fate 

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<br/><br/> Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zadig  Release date is 2006-08-03 
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<br/><br/> "Zadig; Or, The Book of Fate" by Voltaire is a philosophical novella published in 1747. It follows Zadig, a Babylonian philosopher whose life swings wildly between fortune and misfortune. From lost loves and false accusations to royal favor and forced slavery, Zadig experiences life's unpredictability firsthand. His journey through ancient Babylonia and Egypt raises timeless questions about destiny, justice, and whether humans control their fate. This celebrated Enlightenment work explores how nothing is simply good or bad without comparison, challenging readers to reconsider the nature of fortune itself. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Manners and customs -- Fiction French literature -- 18th century Political fiction, French 
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