Candide
by Voltaire
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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The Bronx, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Carlton House, 1930. Decorative Canvas Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo or 8° (Medium Octavo): 7¾" x 9¾" tall. 236 pp. Solidly bound copy with moderate use. Previous owner's name inscribed on title page. Slightly bumped cover board corners. No dj. Small tear on spine.
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). The novella 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 tutor, Pangloss.
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Details
- Bookseller
- gearbooks (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5ivAh0007
- Title
- Candide
- Author
- Voltaire
- Format/Binding
- Decorative Canvas Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Carlton House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1930
- Keywords
- Classic Fiction, Literary Fiction, French Literature
- Size
- 8vo or 8° (Medium Octavo): 7¾" x 9¾" tall
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