Candide: Or Optimism - Paperback
by Voltaire
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Availability:In StockContributor:Voltaire, Theo Cuffe (Translator), Michael Wood (Introduction by)Series:Penguin ClassicsAudience:Young AdultPublish date:2009-02-24Pages:208
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin ClassicsISBN-13:9780140455106ISBN-10:140455108UPC:9780140455106Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Classics, Satire, LiterarySize:7.84 x 5.30 x 0.50 inchesWeight:0.3505Product ID:SCX0P8FEZ2
Candide: Or Optimism
Theo Cuffe's marvelous translation of Voltaire's satirical masterpiece
With its vibrant new translation and perceptive introduction this new edition of Voltaire's masterpiece belongs in the hands of every reader pondering our assumptions about human behavior and our place in the world. Candide tells of the hilarious adventures of the na?ve Candide, who doggedly believes that "all is for the best"...
With its vibrant new translation and perceptive introduction this new edition of Voltaire's masterpiece belongs in the hands of every reader pondering our assumptions about human behavior and our place in the world. Candide tells of the hilarious adventures of the na?ve Candide, who doggedly believes that "all is for the best"...
Series: Penguin Classics
Audience: Young Adult
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin ClassicsISBN-13:9780140455106ISBN-10:140455108UPC:9780140455106Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Classics, Satire, LiterarySize:7.84 x 5.30 x 0.50 inchesWeight:0.3505Product ID:SCX0P8FEZ2
Voltaire (1694-1778) French writer, satirist, the embodiment of the 18th-century Enlightenment. Among his best-known works is the satirical short story CANDIDE (1759). Michael Wood (introducer) is currently Straut Professor of English at Princeton. His books include Stendhal, America in the Movies, The Magician's Doubts, Franz Kafka, and The Road to Delphi. Theo Cuffe (translator) has also...
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Contributor(s)
Voltaire, Theo Cuffe (Translator), Michael Wood (Introduction by)
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