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PublisherKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10067941746X
ISBN-139780679417460
eBay Product ID (ePID)23038730301
Product Key Features
Original LanguageFrench
Book TitleCandide and Other Stories : Introduced by Roger Pearson
Number of Pages368 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicLiterary
Publication Year1992
GenreFiction
AuthorVoltaire
Book SeriesEveryman's Library Classics Ser.
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight15.2 Oz
Item Length8.2 in
Item Width5.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN92-052911
Reviews"When we observe such things as the recrudescence of fundamentalism in the United States, the horrors of religious fanaticism in the Middle East, the appalling danger which the stubbornness of political intolerance presents to the whole world, we must surely conclude that we can still profit by the example of lucidity, the acumen, the intellectual honesty and the moral courage of Voltaire." -A. J. Ayer
Dewey Edition22
Dewey Decimal843/.5
SynopsisCandide is the story of a gentle man who, though pummeled and slapped in every direction by fate, clings desperately to the belief that he lives in "the best of all possible worlds." On the surface a witty, bantering tale, this eighteenth-century classic is actually a savage, satiric thrust at the philosophical optimism that proclaims that all disaster and human suffering is part of a benevolent cosmic plan. Fast, funny, often outrageous, the French philosopher's immortal narrative takes Candide around the world to discover that -- contrary to the teachings of his distinguished tutor Dr. Pangloss -- all is not always for the best. Alive with wit, brilliance, and graceful storytelling, Candide has become Voltaire's most celebrated work.
LC Classification NumberPQ2082.C3E5 1992
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