Primary Source 16.4: Enlightenment Culture

An actor performs the first reading of a new play by Voltaire at the salon of Madame Geoffrin. Voltaire, then in exile, is represented by a bust statue.

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(Académie des Sciences, Belles-Lettres, Rouen, France/Giraudon/The Bridgeman Art Library)

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