Candide: Or Optimism - Hardcover
by Voltaire
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Availability:Out of StockContributor:Voltaire, Jessica Hische (Illustrator), Theo Cuffe (Translator)Series:Penguin Drop CapsPublish date:2014-08-20Pages:224
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin BooksISBN-13:9780143125853ISBN-10:143125850UPC:9780143125853Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Classics, Satire, LiterarySize:7.98 x 5.47 x 0.81 inchesWeight:0.7716Product ID:SCWN03XEQ8
Candide: Or Optimism
From A to Z, the Penguin Drop Caps series collects 26 unique hardcovers--featuring cover art by Jessica Hische It all begins with a letter. Fall in love with Penguin Drop Caps, a new series of twenty-six collectible and hardcover editions, each with a type cover showcasing a gorgeously illustrated letter of the alphabet. In a design collaboration between Jessica Hische and Penguin Art Director...
Series: Penguin Drop Caps
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin BooksISBN-13:9780143125853ISBN-10:143125850UPC:9780143125853Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Classics, Satire, LiterarySize:7.98 x 5.47 x 0.81 inchesWeight:0.7716Product ID:SCWN03XEQ8
François-Marie Arouet, writing under the pseudonym Voltaire, was born in 1694 into a Parisian bourgeois family. Educated by Jesuits, he was an excellent pupil but one quickly enraged by dogma. An early rift with his father--who wished him to study law--led to his choice of letters as a career. Insinuating himself into court circles, he became notorious for lampoons on leading notables and was...
Publisher: Penguin Books
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Voltaire, Jessica Hische (Illustrator), Theo Cuffe (Translator)
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