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Candide, or Optimism (Penguin Classics)
| Author: |
Voltaire, Francois |
| Binding: |
Paperback
|
| List Price: | $17.50 |
| Our Price: | $3.15 CAD |
| Qty Avail: | 7 |
| ISBN: | 9780140455106 |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books |
| Language: | English |
| Page Count: | 155 |
| Publication Date: | 1/1/2005 |
| Size: | 7.75" l x 5.05" w x 0.58" |
| Series: | N/A |
Theo Cuffe's marvelous translation of Voltaire's satirical masterpiece
Brought up in the household of a German Baron, Candide is an open-minded young man whose tutor, Pangloss, has instilled in him the belief that "all is for the best." But when his love for the Baron's rosy-cheeked daughter is discovered, Candide is cast out to make his own fortune. As he and his various companions roam over the world, an outrageous series of disasters befall themâearthquakes, syphilis, a brush with the Inquisition, murderâsorely testing the young hero's optimism.
Brought up in the household of a German Baron, Candide is an open-minded young man whose tutor, Pangloss, has instilled in him the belief that "all is for the best." But when his love for the Baron's rosy-cheeked daughter is discovered, Candide is cast out to make his own fortune. As he and his various companions roam over the world, an outrageous series of disasters befall themâearthquakes, syphilis, a brush with the Inquisition, murderâsorely testing the young hero's optimism.
In Candide, Voltaire threw down an audacious challenge to the philosophical views of his time, to create one of the most glorious satires of the eighteenth century.
