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• vii • Introduction (Micromégas and other Short Fictions) • (2002) • essay by Haydn Mason
• 3 • Cuckoldage • short story by Voltaire (trans. of Le cocuage 1715)
• 5 • The One-Eyed Porter • short story by Voltaire (trans. of Le crocheteur borgne 1774)
• 11 • Cosi-Sancta • short story by Voltaire (trans. of Cosi-Sancta 1746)
• 17 • Micromégas • short story by Voltaire (trans. of Micromégas 1752)
• 36 • The World As It Is • short story by Voltaire (trans. of Le Monde comme il va 1748)
• 52 • Memnon • short story by Voltaire (trans. of Memnon: Histoire Orientale 1747)
• 57 • Letter From a Turk • short story by Voltaire (trans. of Lettre d'un Turc sur les fakirs et sur son ami Bababec 1750)
• 60 • Plato's Dream • (1927) • short story by Voltaire (trans. of Songe de Platon 1756)
• 63 • The History of the Travels of Scarmentado • short story by Voltaire (trans. of Histoire des voyages de Scarmentado 1756)
• 70 • The Consoler and the Consoled • short story by Voltaire (trans. of Les deux consolés 1756)
• 72 • The Story of a Good Brahmin • short story by Voltaire (trans. of Histoire d'un bon Brahmin 1759)
• 75 • Pot-Pourri • short story by Voltaire (trans. of Pot-Pourri 1764)
• 91 • An Indian Incident • (1927) • short story by Voltaire (trans. of Aventure indienne traduite par l'ignorant 1766)
• 93 • Lord Chesterfield's Ears • short story by Voltaire (trans. of Les oreilles du comte de Chesterfield 1775)
• 113 • Account of the Illness, Confession, Death and Apparition of the Jesuit Berthier • short story by Voltaire (trans. of Relation de la maladie, de la confession, de la mort, et de l'apparition du jésuite Berthier 1759)
• 123 • Dialogue Between a Savage and a Graduate • short story by Voltaire (trans. of Entretiens d'un sauvage et d'un bachelier 1759)
• 129 • Dialogue Between Ariste and Acrotal • short story by Voltaire (trans. of Entretien d'Ariste et d'Acrotal 1761)
• 133 • The Education of Daughters • short story by Voltaire (trans. of L'education des filles 1761)
• 135 • Wives, Submit Yourselves to Your Husbands • short story by Voltaire (trans. of Femmes, soyez soumises à vos maris 1768)
• 139 • Dialogue Between the Cock and the Hen • (1998) • short story by Voltaire (trans. of Dialogue du chapon et de la poularde 1765)
• 143 • Conversation Between Lucian, Erasmus and Rabelais, in the Elysian Fields • short story by Voltaire (trans. of Conversation de Lucien, Erasme, et Rabelais dans les Champs Elysées 1765)