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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/61296009 Title: Candide, or Optimism Author: Voltaire; Theo Cuffe; Michael Wood Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Penguin Books, 2005. ISBN/ISSN: 9780143039426 0143039423 OCLC:61296009

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Candide, or Optimism

Author:	Voltaire; Theo Cuffe; Michael Wood
Publisher:	New York, N.Y. : Penguin Books, 2005.
Series:	Penguin classics deluxe edition.
Edition/Format:	Print book : Fiction : EnglishView all editions and formats
Summary:	"With Candide, Voltaire bumptiously skewered the fashionable misinterpretation of the doctrine of philosophical optimism, unerringly offending kings, scientists, fanaticals, publishers, journalists, and even priests; composed in a mere three days, Candide's capacity to amuse, disgust, and surprise endures today, roughly ninety thousand days later. Theo Cuffe's new translation is invaluable for those English-speaking
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Subjects	Voltaire, -- 1694-1778 -- Translations into English. Voltaire, -- 1694-1778 French fiction -- 18th century. View all subjects
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Genre/Form:	Fiction
Additional Physical Format:	Online version: Voltaire, 1694-1778. Candide, or Optimism. New York, N.Y. : Penguin Books, 2005 (OCoLC)654642549
Named Person:	Voltaire; Voltaire
Material Type:	Fiction
Document Type:	Book
All Authors / Contributors:	Voltaire; Theo Cuffe; Michael Wood Find more information about:
ISBN:	9780143039426 0143039423
OCLC Number:	61296009
Notes:	Col. map on cover flap.
Description:	xxxvii, 155 pages : maps (some color) ; 22 cm.
Contents:	Candide, or optimism -- The alternative version of the opening of chapter 22 -- Voltaire's poem on the Lisbon disaster -- Entries from Voltaire's philosophical dictionary.
Series Title:	Penguin classics deluxe edition.
Other Titles:	Candide.
Responsibility:	Voltaire ; translated and edited by Theo Cuffe ; with an introduction by Michael Wood.
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Tells of the adventures of the naive Candide, who doggedly believes that all is for the best even when faced with injustice, suffering, and despair. Read more...

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