Candide: Or Optimism (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) - Paperback
by Voltaire
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Availability:In StockContributor:Voltaire, Theo Cuffe (Translator), Michael Wood (Introduction by)Series:Penguin Classics Deluxe EditionsAudience:Young AdultPublish date:2005-10-25Pages:208
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin ClassicsISBN-13:9780143039426ISBN-10:143039423UPC:9780143039426Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Classics, Satire, LiterarySize:8.30 x 5.70 x 0.50 inchesWeight:0.5115Product ID:SCBVXKT3XC
Candide: Or Optimism (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
With its vibrant new translation, perceptive introduction, and witty packaging, 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" even when faced with injustice, suffering, and...
Series: Penguin Classics Deluxe Editions
Audience: Young Adult
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin ClassicsISBN-13:9780143039426ISBN-10:143039423UPC:9780143039426Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Classics, Satire, LiterarySize:8.30 x 5.70 x 0.50 inchesWeight:0.5115Product ID:SCBVXKT3XC
Voltaire, was born in 1694. For twenty years Voltaire lived chiefly away from Paris. In this, his most prolific period, he wrote such satirical tales as "Zadig" (1747) and "Candide" (1759). He died in 1778. Theo Cuffe translated Voltaire's Micromégas and Other Short Fictions for Penguin Classics. Michael Wood is the writer and presenter of many critically acclaimed series on television, including...
Publisher: Penguin Classics
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Voltaire, Theo Cuffe (Translator), Michael Wood (Introduction by)
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