num_pages: 208
description: Something between a tale and a polemic, these "fables of reason" are feats of narrative compression and contain much of Voltaire's best and funniest writing. From ribald tales of adultery to conversations between cosmic travellers, the stories in this collection pose moral, philosophical and social questions. Reader and protagonist alike find their assumptions challenged as Voltaire mingles rationality and fantasy.
language: English
title: Micromégas and Other Short Fictions
titlecomplete: Micromégas and Other Short Fictions (Penguin Classics)
genres: Short Stories, Philosophy, French Literature, Novels, Science Fiction, 18th Century, Literature, Classics, Fiction, France
ratings_count: 268
publisher: Penguin Classics