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Candide

Author: Voltaire; Lowell Bair
Publisher: Toronto ; New York : Bantam Books, 1984, ©1959.
Series: Bantam classic.
Edition/Format:   Book : Fiction : EnglishView all editions and formats
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This 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,  Read more...
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Material Type: Fiction
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Voltaire; Lowell Bair
ISBN: 0553211250 9780553211252
OCLC Number: 436094781
Notes: First French edition 1759.
Description: 122 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
Series Title: Bantam classic.
Other Titles: Candide.
Responsibility: by Voltaire ; translated by Lowell Bair ; with an appreciation by André Maurois ; illustrations by Sheilah Beckett.

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This 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 his distinguished teacher Dr. Pangloss - all is not always for the best.

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