A short book of comic adventures, Zadig (both the title of the book and the protagonist) tells the ancient story of philosopher that lived in Babylon, who after going through a series of misfortunes, which involves - his imprisonment and enslavement for saving a lady beaten to death by her husband and being sentenced to be roasted alive for saving widowers to burn themselves on the ashes of their dead husbands - among others, finally becomes the King of Babylon, and is convinced about the mysterious workings of fate. Indeed, how impatient, and rightly so since we have but no clue, we are against the misfortunes we bare which might ultimately be for our own good.

Full review:
https://hifzehayat.blogspot.com/2021/08/zadig-oriental-history-review-comedy-of.html