Candide: Or Optimism (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) Paperback - 2005
by Voltaire; Theo Cuffe (Translator); Introduction by Michael Wood
One of Western literature's most glorious and incisive satires is now available in a brilliant new translation as a Penguin classics Deluxe Edition.
Summary
With its vibrant new translation, perceptive introduction, and witty packaging, this new edition of Voltaire’s masterpiece belongs in the hands of every reader pondering our assumptions about human behavior and our place in the world. Candide tells of the hilarious adventures of the naïve Candide, who doggedly believes that all is for the best” even when faced with injustice, suffering, and despair. Controversial and entertaining, Candide is a book that is vitally relevant today in our world pervaded byas Candide would saythe mania for insisting that all is well when all is by no means well.”
- A Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition with French flaps and rough front
- Completely new translation and introduction
- Amazing cover art from one of the most beloved modern comic artists
Details
- Title Candide: Or Optimism (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
- Author Voltaire; Theo Cuffe (Translator); Introduction by Michael Wood
- Binding Paperback
- Edition [ Edition: Repri
- Pages 208
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Group, New York
- Date 2005-10-25
- Features Annotated, Bibliography, Maps, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780143039426 / 0143039423
- Weight 0.51 lbs (0.23 kg)
- Dimensions 8.3 x 5.7 x 0.5 in (21.08 x 14.48 x 1.27 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Library of Congress subjects Satire, Voltaire
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2005052124
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
Media reviews
Citations
- Ingram Advance, 11/01/2005, Page 92
- Library Journal, 11/15/2005, Page 107
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