Candide
by Voltaire (Author); Lowell Bair (Translated by); Andre Maurois (With an Appreciation by)
- Used
- good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Good
- ISBN 10
- 0553210289
- ISBN 13
- 9780553210286
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About This Item
Toronto, ON, Canada, New York & London: A Bantam Classic/Bantam Books, 1981. Bantam Classic Edition/1st Printing . Mass Market Paperback. Good. 12mo or 12° (Duodecimo): 6¾" x 7¾" tall. Sheilah Beckett (Illustrated by). 122 pp. Solidly bound copy with moderate use. Fore edge of front cover slightly torn. Slightly creased and slanted spine. Light foxing on page edges.
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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- Title
- Candide
- Author
- Voltaire (Author); Lowell Bair (Translated by); Andre Maurois (With an Appreciation by)
- Illustrator
- Sheilah Beckett (Illustrated by)
- Format/Binding
- Mass Market Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Bantam Classic Edition/1st Printing
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0553210289
- ISBN 13
- 9780553210286
- Publisher
- A Bantam Classic/Bantam Books
- Place of Publication
- Toronto, ON, Canada, New York & London
- Date Published
- 1981
- Keywords
- Classic Literature, Literary Studies
- Size
- 12mo or 12° (Duodecimo): 6¾" x 7¾" tall
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