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Candide, or Optimism

Candide, or Optimism

By Francois Voltaire

Paperback / softback | ISBN 9780140455106

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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.

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Format: Paperback / softback
ISBN: 9780140455106
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Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages: 208
Width (mm): 129
Height (mm): 198
Depth (mm): 12

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