Candide; or The Optimist
by Francois Marie Arouet de Voltaire
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Poor
- Seller
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Peebles, Scottish Borders, United Kingdom
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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). It 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 mentor, Pangloss.
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- Bookseller
- Thistle and Heather Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2428
- Title
- Candide; or The Optimist
- Author
- Francois Marie Arouet de Voltaire
- Illustrator
- Kenneth Hobson
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Poor
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Folio Society
- Date Published
- 1948
- Weight
- 0.73 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction Historical;
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