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Candide and Other Stories : Introduced by Roger Pearson by Voltaire (1992, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group

ISBN-10067941746X

ISBN-139780679417460

eBay Product ID (ePID)23038730301

Product Key Features

Original LanguageFrench

Book TitleCandide and Other Stories : Introduced by Roger Pearson

Number of Pages368 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicLiterary

Publication Year1992

GenreFiction

AuthorVoltaire

Book SeriesEveryman's Library Classics Ser.

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.8 in

Item Weight15.2 Oz

Item Length8.2 in

Item Width5.2 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN92-052911

Reviews"When we observe such things as the recrudescence of fundamentalism in the United States, the horrors of religious fanaticism in the Middle East, the appalling danger which the stubbornness of political intolerance presents to the whole world, we must surely conclude that we can still profit by the example of lucidity, the acumen, the intellectual honesty and the moral courage of Voltaire." -A. J. Ayer

Dewey Edition22

Dewey Decimal843/.5

SynopsisCandide is the story of a gentle man who, though pummeled and slapped in every direction by fate, clings desperately to the belief that he lives in "the best of all possible worlds." On the surface a witty, bantering tale, this eighteenth-century classic is actually a savage, satiric thrust at the philosophical optimism that proclaims that all disaster and human suffering is part of a benevolent cosmic plan. Fast, funny, often outrageous, the French philosopher's immortal narrative takes Candide around the world to discover that -- contrary to the teachings of his distinguished tutor Dr. Pangloss -- all is not always for the best. Alive with wit, brilliance, and graceful storytelling, Candide has become Voltaire's most celebrated work.

LC Classification NumberPQ2082.C3E5 1992