Candide
by Voltaire
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Lyndhurst, Ontario, Canada
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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). 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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- Bookseller
- Lower Beverley Better Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004365
- Title
- Candide
- Author
- Voltaire
- Illustrator
- Mahlon Blaine
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- No Edition Stated
- Publisher
- World Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- Cleveland, Ohio
- Date Published
- 1930
- Size
- 8 1/4" X 5 1/2
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