Candide or Optimism
by Voltaire(John Butt, trans.)
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- as new
- Paperback
- Condition
- AS NEW
- ISBN 10
- 0140440046
- ISBN 13
- 9780140440041
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About This Item
Hammondsworth, England: Penguin Books, 1986. Paperback. AS NEW. Gift quality. English text. 144 pages, 4.5x7.25.25" "Candide was the most brilliant challenge to the idea endemic in Voltaire's day, that 'all is for the best in the best of all possible worlds' ."
Synopsis
Ever since 1759, when Voltaire wrote "Candide" in ridicule of the notion that this is the best of all possible worlds, this world has been a happier place for readers. Voltaire wrote it in three days, and many generations have found that its laughter does not grow old.
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- Rainy Day Paperback Exchange (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- Candide or Optimism
- Author
- Voltaire(John Butt, trans.)
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- New
- ISBN 10
- 0140440046
- ISBN 13
- 9780140440041
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Place of Publication
- Hammondsworth, England
- Date Published
- 1986
- Keywords
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