Orleans Virgin

The Orleans Virgin was published anonymously and became one of Voltaire"s most popular unquestioned works, she gained fame outside France as an example of the skeptical-irony "freedom of the 18th century, but the convinced and passionate opponent of absolutism Voltaire remained until the end of his life as a monarchist, a supporter of the idea of ​​an enlightened one absolutism, monarchy, based on the educated part of the society, on the intelligentsia, on philosophers.
In his satirical poem "Orleans Virgin", he makes fun of knights and courtiers, telling about the events of the life of the national heroine (then not yet canonized saint), Jeanna d"Arc, who are represented in a comic manner, are equally ironically shown by French knights and church .
"The Orleans Virgin" in his youth was one of Pushkin’s favorite books, he imitated her in Ruslan and Lyudmila, he began her translation, and subsequently devoted his last work to Voltaire’s crime poem.
In any case, this publication will provide you with the opportunity to evaluate all the advantages and disadvantages of the poem. It is perfectly illustrated and gives a complete idea of ​​the time and society that Voltaire describes.
The magnificent translation of N. Gumilyov made this work with an invaluable example of world classics