Voltaire In Love

Following his Jesuit studies, Voltaire frequents the libertine society to the chagrin of his father, and later writes his first version of Oedipus

Voltaire is exiled from Paris because of an epigram against the regent He meets a beautiful actress but is later arrested and sent to the Bastille

Voltaire divides his love life between an actress and a rich marquise As he resumes writing, he returns into the favor of the court despite the king’s hostility

To avoid jail again, Voltaire accepts a new exile and discovers English democracy Upon his return to Paris, he becomes rich and no longer depends on the powerful