Candide
by Voltaire, Francois Marie Arouet de
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket/No Dustjacket
- Seller
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Iowa City, Iowa, United States
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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
- The Haunted Bookshop, LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 074017
- Title
- Candide
- Author
- Voltaire, Francois Marie Arouet de
- Illustrator
- Illustrated by Blaine, Mahlon
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
- Jacket Condition
- No Dustjacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Willilams, Belasco and Meyers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1930
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