Candide - and Other Romances
by Voltaire [Richard Aldington translator]
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+
- Seller
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Olney, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: Dodd Mead. Very Good+. 1929. Hardcover. Black gilt decorated cloth; name written on front & rear endpapers; spine slightly faded; nice lightly used copy .
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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Details
- Bookseller
- T. A. Borden Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 55732
- Title
- Candide - and Other Romances
- Author
- Voltaire [Richard Aldington translator]
- Illustrator
- Norman Tealby
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Publisher
- Dodd Mead
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1929
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T. A. Borden Books
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Olney, Maryland
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