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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. |
Abstract:
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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