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Candide
By John Butt (trans) and Voltaire
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher Turtleback Books
Publication date July 1, 2003
Binding Prebinding
Book category Adult Fiction
ISBN-13 9780613642590
ISBN-10 0613642597
Dimensions 0.75 by 5.25 by 7.75 in.
Weight 0.45 lbs.
Availability§ Out of Print
Original list price $20.85
§As reported by publisher
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Summary
A classic, satiric novel, by the noted 18th century French author and philosopher
Amazon.com description: Product Description: Candide By Voltaire Candide, ou l'Optimisme is a French satire first published 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. The work describes the abrupt cessation of this lifestyle, followed by Candide's slow, painful disillusionment as he witnesses and experiences great hardships in the world. Voltaire concludes with Candide, if not rejecting optimism outright, advocating a deeply practical precept, "we must cultivate our garden", in lieu of the Leibnizian mantra of Pangloss, "all is for the best in the best of all possible worlds".

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