Download or read book The Prude written by Voltaire and published by Start Classics. This book was released on 2024-03-26 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comedy is partly imitated from an English piece called the Plain Dealer. It does not suit very well for the French stage; the manners are too rough and bold though much less so than in the original. The English seem to take too much liberty and the French too little. -Voltaire Wilder Publications is a green publisher. All of our books are printed to order. This reduces waste and helps us keep prices low while greatly reducing our impact on the environment.