Candide, or Optimism
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A major new translation of Voltaire's fast-paced, globe-trotting satire - an irresistible holiday read.
Brought up in the household of a powerful Baron, Candide is an open-minded young man, whose tutor, Pangloss, has instilled in him the belief that 'all is for the best'. But when his love for the Baron's rosy-cheeked daughter is discovered, Candide is cast out to make his own way in the world. And so he and his various companions begin a breathless tour of Europe, South America and Asia, as an outrageous series of disasters befall them - earthquakes, syphilis, a brush with the Inquisition, murder - sorely testing the young hero's optimism.
Author: Francois Voltaire
Format: Paperback, 208 pages, 130mm x 199mm, 157 g
Published: 2006, Penguin Books Ltd, United Kingdom
Genre: General & Literary Fiction
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A major new translation of Voltaire's fast-paced, globe-trotting satire - an irresistible holiday read.
Brought up in the household of a powerful Baron, Candide is an open-minded young man, whose tutor, Pangloss, has instilled in him the belief that 'all is for the best'. But when his love for the Baron's rosy-cheeked daughter is discovered, Candide is cast out to make his own way in the world. And so he and his various companions begin a breathless tour of Europe, South America and Asia, as an outrageous series of disasters befall them - earthquakes, syphilis, a brush with the Inquisition, murder - sorely testing the young hero's optimism.
Candide, or Optimism
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