{"product_id":"candide-1948-folio-society-5","title":"Candide (1948)","description":"\u003cp\u003eCandide or The Optimist by Voltaire. Translated by Henry Morley. 7 colour lithographs by Kenneth Hobson. Quarter-bound in black buckram with marbled paper covers. Colour printed yellow dust-jacket. 136pp. 22.1x13.4cm\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVoltaire's Candide follows a naïve young man who has been taught that everything happens for the best in the best of all possible worlds. A succession of wars, disasters, betrayals and absurd adventures steadily destroys this optimistic philosophy. Fast-paced and sharply satirical, the book attacks religious hypocrisy, political cruelty and philosophical complacency while asking how people can live sensibly in an imperfect world.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Folio Vault","offers":[{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":55216331686227,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"Good","offer_id":55421085221203,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/thefoliovault.com\/products\/candide-1948-folio-society-5","provider":"Folio Vault","version":"1.0","type":"link"}