Candide: Or Optimism

Candide: Or Optimism - Paperback

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Candide: Or Optimism - Paperback

Candide: Or Optimism - Paperback

by Voltaire
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Book Overview

Theo Cuffe's marvelous translation of Voltaire's satirical masterpiece

With its vibrant translation and perceptive introduction, this 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 by--as Candide would say--"the mania for insisting that all is well when all is by no means well."

Penguin Classics is the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world, representing a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
ISBN9780140455106
Author Voltaire
PublisherPenguin Classics
GenreLiterature
FormatPaperback
PublishedFebruary 2009
LanguageENG- English
Pages208
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceTeens & young adults
Print SizeStandard Print

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Candide: Or Optimism

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About Voltaire

Voltaire (François-Marie Arouet) (1694--1778) was one of the key thinkers of the European Enlightenment. Of his many works, Candide remains the most popular.

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