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| Preface | ||
| Introduction | 1 | |
| Pt. 1 | Chance and the Culture of Enlightenment | |
| 1 | The Triumph of Probability Theory | 9 |
| 2 | Gambling as Social Practice | 29 |
| 3 | Law's System and the Gamble Refused | 67 |
| Pt. 2 | Chance and the Novel | |
| 4 | Toward a Novel of Experience | 107 |
| 5 | Jean de Prechac and the Noble's Wager | 123 |
| 6 | Chance, Reading, and the Tragedy of Experience: Prevost's Manon Lescaut | 144 |
| 7 | The Ironies of Chance: Voltaire's Candide and Zadig | 162 |
| 8 | Writing of No Consequence: Vivant Denon's Point de lendemain | 185 |
| 9 | The Moment's Notice: Crebillon's Game of Libertinage | 198 |
| 10 | Chance's Untellable Tale: Diderot's Jacques le fataliste | 229 |
| Conclusion | 248 | |
| Notes | 253 | |
| Index | 265 |
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David Veloz
reviewed Enlightenment and the shadows of chance on March 28, 2013
Enlightenment and the shadows of chance
I'm at my parents' for Christmas and they have our old books out for my 3yo niece. Next year: less demanding reading challenge so I don't count easy-reader books as part of my count. :D
That said, these are sweet stories and the drawings are as sweet as the text.
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