Mahomet by Voltaire, Voltaire, Voltaire

54 pages first pub 1741 (editions)

fiction play challenging reflective slow-paced
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This powerful work was read by Voltaire to Frederick of Prussia in 1740, to the king's great delight. The play was withdrawn after the fourth representation, under pressure of Church authorities who professed to see in it a bloody satire against t...

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