Candide
by VOLTAIRE, Francois Marie Arouet de
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0394499034
- ISBN 13
- 9780394499031
- Seller
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
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
- Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 368239
- Title
- Candide
- Author
- VOLTAIRE, Francois Marie Arouet de
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0394499034
- ISBN 13
- 9780394499031
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1975
- Keywords
- FrenchLiterature
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