The paradoxical mixture of deep philosophical ideas and witty parody of adventure novels - Voltaire's "Philosophical Tales" for the first time showed that the most profound, cardinal questions of being can be set forth in an understandable and fascinating language. Voltaire's mocking style was brilliantly displayed in The Orleans Virgin, a daring parody written not for print. Bright images of depraved and deceitful clergymen, hunting for the maiden honor of Jeanne, turned the legend sanctified by the Church about the immaculate Orleanian virgin into a caustic and merciless satire on the sanctimonious manners of the clergy and the Church. The pdf A4 format preserves the publishing design.