Candide And Other Romances
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
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One of the most audacious and brilliantly satirical works ever written, Candide and Other Romances follows the relentlessly optimistic young Candide as he is expelled from his sheltered Westphalian paradise and thrust into a world of war, inquisition, slavery, and natural disaster — all while clinging to his mentor Pangloss's absurd philosophy that this is the best of all possible worlds. With razor-sharp wit and breathtaking narrative momentum, Voltaire chronicles a picaresque journey across Europe, South America, and the Ottoman Empire, skewering the hypocrisy of religious institutions, the brutality of aristocracy, and the blind faith of Enlightenment optimism. This collection also presents additional romances that further demonstrate Voltaire's extraordinary range as a prose stylist and philosophical provocateur. Translated with scholarly elegance by Richard Aldington and illustrated by Norman Tealby, this edition presents Voltaire's masterwork with both accessibility and literary integrity. As one of the defining texts of the Enlightenment, Candide remains a searing indictment of complacency and dogma, its dark comedy as devastatingly relevant today as when it was first published in 1759. Voltaire's genius lies in his ability to make the reader laugh even as the ground shifts beneath Candide's feet — a testament to the enduring power of irony as a weapon against ignorance.
Author: Voltaire
Format: Paperback
Genre: Classic fiction
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
One of the most audacious and brilliantly satirical works ever written, Candide and Other Romances follows the relentlessly optimistic young Candide as he is expelled from his sheltered Westphalian paradise and thrust into a world of war, inquisition, slavery, and natural disaster — all while clinging to his mentor Pangloss's absurd philosophy that this is the best of all possible worlds. With razor-sharp wit and breathtaking narrative momentum, Voltaire chronicles a picaresque journey across Europe, South America, and the Ottoman Empire, skewering the hypocrisy of religious institutions, the brutality of aristocracy, and the blind faith of Enlightenment optimism. This collection also presents additional romances that further demonstrate Voltaire's extraordinary range as a prose stylist and philosophical provocateur. Translated with scholarly elegance by Richard Aldington and illustrated by Norman Tealby, this edition presents Voltaire's masterwork with both accessibility and literary integrity. As one of the defining texts of the Enlightenment, Candide remains a searing indictment of complacency and dogma, its dark comedy as devastatingly relevant today as when it was first published in 1759. Voltaire's genius lies in his ability to make the reader laugh even as the ground shifts beneath Candide's feet — a testament to the enduring power of irony as a weapon against ignorance.