Les Délices

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Les Délices, or "The Delights", was a Geneva home of Voltaire, a French Enlightenment writer and philosopher. Voltaire moved to Les Délices in January 1755, having purchased a life interest in the estate (being a foreigner, he could not buy the house directly).[1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Wootton (2000), p. ix–x

[edit] Bibliography

  • Wootton, David (2000). Candide and Related Texts. Hackett Publishing Company, Inc.. ISBN 0872205479.