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Micromegas: Available Copies
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Micromegas: And Other Stories by Voltaire
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ISBN: 9781847493798
Publisher: Alma Books (2015)
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Micromegas: And Other Stories by Voltaire
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Micromegas by Voltaire
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ISBN: 9781847493798
Publisher: Alma Classics (2015)
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Micromegas: And Other Stories by Voltaire
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ISBN: 9781847493798
Publisher: Alma Books (2015)
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Micromegas by Voltaire
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ISBN: 9781847493798
Publisher: Alma Books Ltd (2015)
Seller: THE SAINT BOOKSTORE (Southport, United Kingdom) New Book
Book Price: $9.70
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New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days. At once a story-length Bildungsroman and a philosophical tale, 'Micromegas' is a classic Enlightenment text, and is accompanied in this volume by thirteen other pieces - inlcuding 'Plato's Dream' and 'Memnon' - all in a new translation by acclaimed French specialist Douglas Parmee.
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Micromegas and Other Stories (Alma Classics): Voltaire by Voltaire; Translated By Douglas Parmée
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ISBN: 9781847493798
Publisher: Alma Classics (2014)
Seller: Heroes Akimbo Ltd T/A AproposBooks&Comics (London, United Kingdom)
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Micromegas by Voltaire
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ISBN: 9781847493798
Publisher: Alma Classics (2015)
Seller: Kennys Bookshop and Art Galleries Ltd. (Galway, GY, Ireland) New Book
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At once a story-length Bildungsroman and a philosophical tale, 'Micromegas' is a classic Enlightenment text, and is accompanied in this volume by thirteen other pieces - inlcuding 'Plato's Dream' and 'Memnon' - all in a new translation by acclaimed French specialist Douglas Parmee. Translator(s): Parmee, Douglas. Num Pages: 160 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 13. Weight in Grams: 158. . 2015. Paperback. . . . .
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Micromegas by Voltaire
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ISBN: 9781847493798
Publisher: Alma Classics (2015)
Seller: Kennys Bookstore (Olney, MD, U.S.A.) New Book
Book Price: $15.33
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TOTAL Cost: $25.83
At once a story-length Bildungsroman and a philosophical tale, 'Micromegas' is a classic Enlightenment text, and is accompanied in this volume by thirteen other pieces - inlcuding 'Plato's Dream' and 'Memnon' - all in a new translation by acclaimed French specialist Douglas Parmee. Translator(s): Parmee, Douglas. Num Pages: 160 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 13. Weight in Grams: 158. . 2015. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.
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Micromegas by Voltaire
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ISBN: 9781847493798
Publisher: Alma Books Ltd Sep 2014 (2014)
Seller: Smartbuy (Einbeck, Germany) New Book
Book Price: $9.87
Shipping: $35.17
TOTAL Cost: $45.04
Neuware - Micromegas is a six-hundred-and-fifty-year-old, thirty-nine-kilometre-high giant from the planet Sirius who can speak a thousand languages and has been expelled from his homeland for writing a heretical tract. On Saturn he befriends the local secretary of the Academy of Sciences - a comparative dwarf, being only two kilometres high - and the two decide to travel to earth together, where they will make startling discoveries about human nature.At once a story-length Bildungsroman and a philosophical tale, 'Micromegas' is a classic Enlightenment text, and is accompanied in this volume by thirteen other pieces - including 'Plato's Dream' and 'Memnon' - all in a new translation by acclaimed French specialist Douglas Parmée. 160 pp. Englisch
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Micromegas and Other Stories by Voltaire; Trans. Douglas Parmee
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ISBN: 9781847493798
Publisher: Alma (2014)
Seller: Postscript Books (Newton Abbot, DEVON, United Kingdom) New Book
Book Price: $6.36
Shipping: $39.58
TOTAL Cost: $45.94
Voltaire’s ‘philosophical story’ Micromegas foreshadows science fiction, telling of a 650-year-old giant from Sirius who visits Earth and encounters the stupidity of the human race. This classic Enlightenment text is accompanied by a further 13 short tales, all newly translated.
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Micromegas (Paperback) by Voltaire
Paperback
ISBN: 9781847493798
Publisher: Alma Books Ltd, Richmond (2014)
Seller: AussieBookSeller (Truganina, VIC, Australia) New Book
Book Price: $19.64
Shipping: $37.00
TOTAL Cost: $56.64
Paperback. Micromegas is a six-hundred-and-fifty-year-old, thirty-nine-kilometre-high giant from the planet Sirius who can speak a thousand languages and has been expelled from his homeland for writing a heretical tract. On Saturn he befriends the local secretary of the Academy of Sciences - a comparative dwarf, being only two kilometres high - and the two decide to travel to earth together, where they will make startling discoveries about human nature. At once a story-length Bildungsroman and a philosophical tale, 'Micromegas' is a classic Enlightenment text, and is accompanied in this volume by thirteen other pieces - including 'Plato's Dream' and 'Memnon' - all in a new translation by acclaimed French specialist Douglas Parmee. At once a story-length Bildungsroman and a philosophical tale, 'Micromegas' is a classic Enlightenment text, and is accompanied in this volume by thirteen other pieces - inlcuding 'Plato's Dream' and 'Memnon' - all in a new translation by acclaimed French specialist Douglas Parmee. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.
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Micromegas by Voltaire
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ISBN: 9781847493798
Publisher: Alma Books Ltd (2014)
Seller: moluna (Greven, Germany) New Book
Book Price: $15.89
Shipping: $52.23
TOTAL Cost: $68.12
At once a story-length Bildungsroman and a philosophical tale, Micromegas is a classic Enlightenment text, and is accompanied in this volume by thirteen other pieces - inlcuding Plato s Dream and Memnon - all in a new translation by acclaimed Fren.
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