The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen · Character
Voltaire
The French philosopher referenced in the narrative.
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First appearance: volume ii xxvii
Voltaire shows up with force in XXV. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Mentioned as part of the National Assembly gathered on the French coast.
Voltaire first appears in 0033 volume ii xxvii.
In XXV: Mentioned as part of the National Assembly gathered on the French coast.
Later, in The Baron makes a speech to the National Assembly, and drives out all the members—Routs the fishwomen and the National Guards—Pursues the whole rout into a Church, where he defeats the National Assembly, etc., with Rousseau, Voltaire, and Beelzebub at their head, and liberates Marie Antoinette and the Royal Family.: Appears as a meager skeleton specter with a lyre and dagger, leading the Assembly's invocation; the Baron compels him to renounce his errors.
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- The Baron makes a speech to the National Assembly, and drives out all the members—Routs the fishwomen and the National Guards—Pursues the whole rout into a Church, where he defeats the National Assembly, etc., with Rousseau, Voltaire, and Beelzebub at their head, and liberates Marie Antoinette and the Royal Family.
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See Voltaire in volume ii xxvii