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Candide. Translated by Lowell Bair. With an appreciation by André Maurois. Illustrations by Sheilah Beckett.
by Voltaire; Lowell Blair (trans); André Maurois (foreward)
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- near fine
- Paperback
- Condition
- Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0553210289
- ISBN 13
- 9780553210286
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About This Item
New York: Bantam Classic, March 1981. Mass Market Paperback. Second printing, August 1981. Near Fine. Lightly tanned, but unmarked. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Covers clean. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 122 pages.
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.
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.
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- Title
- Candide. Translated by Lowell Bair. With an appreciation by André Maurois. Illustrations by Sheilah Beckett.
- Author
- Voltaire; Lowell Blair (trans); André Maurois (foreward)
- Illustrator
- Sheilah Beckett
- Format/Binding
- Mass Market Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0553210289
- ISBN 13
- 9780553210286
- Publisher
- Bantam Classic
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1981
- Size
- 12mo
- Keywords
- fiction, French, bildungsroman, comedy, humor, satire, optimism, Optimist, translations, All for the Best, France
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction; Europe; Humor, Comedy, Satire, Funny stuff; France;
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