L'Ingénu , translated into English under various titles including The Huron, The Sincere Huron, Pupil of Nature and Master Simple, is a satirical novella by the French philosopher Voltaire, published in 1767. It tells the story of a Huron called "Child of Nature" who, after having crossed the Atlantic to England, crosses into Brittany, France in the 1690s. Upon arrival, a prior notices depictions of his brother and sister-in-law, whom they deduce to be the Huron's parents – making him French.
“Indeed, history is nothing more than a tableau of crimes and misfortunes.”
En effet, l'histoire n'est que le tableau des crimes et des malheurs.
L'Ingénu, ch.10 (1767)
Quoted in The End, part 13 of A Series of Unfortunate Events
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