Candide; L'Ingenu; L'Homme Aux 40 Ecus (Bibliotheque De Cluny)
by Voltaire, Francois-Marie Arouet De (Pierre Grimal, Ed.)
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- very good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good/Near Very Good
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About This Item
Paris, France: Librairie Armand Colin, 1961. Trade Paperback. Very Good/Near Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 280, (3) pp. Text in French. Previous owner name on the front free endpaper; the upper 1/2" of the spine covering is torn. The binding is tight and square, and the text is clean. The clear vinyl jacket is chipped at the upper and lower edges edge of the front panel, and at the head of the spine.
Synopsis
Candide, ou l'Optimisme (in French) is a French satire written in 1759 by Voltaire, a philosopher of the Age of Enlightenment. The novella has been widely translated, with English versions titled Candide: or, All for the Best (1759); Candide: or, The Optimist (1762); and Candide: or, Optimism (1947). It begins with a young man, Candide, who is living a sheltered life in an Edenic paradise and being indoctrinated with Leibnizian optimism (or simply optimism) by his mentor, Pangloss.
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- Bookseller
- Persephone's Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 032461
- Title
- Candide; L'Ingenu; L'Homme Aux 40 Ecus (Bibliotheque De Cluny)
- Author
- Voltaire, Francois-Marie Arouet De (Pierre Grimal, Ed.)
- Format/Binding
- Trade Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Near Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Librairie Armand Colin
- Place of Publication
- Paris, France
- Date Published
- 1961
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Keywords
- France - Literature
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