Candide by Voltaire

Candide by Voltaire

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Candide by Voltaire
Franklin Library
Literature

Candide

Voltaire

£36.99
Printing year 1979
First edition Not Known
Binding Leather
Illustrator Antoni Clavé
Weight 0.75 Kg
Condition Very Good
Condition notes In very good overall condition.

Edition details

Candide by Francois Marie Arouet Voltaire. Issued as a luxurious, leather-bound hardback book by Pennsylvania-based publisher Franklin Library, complete with illustrations from artist Antoni Clavé. Candide is the story of a gentle man who, though pummeled and slapped in every direction by fate, clings desperately to the belief that he lives in "the best of all possible worlds." On the surface a witty, bantering tale, this eighteenth-century classic is actually a savage, satiric thrust at the philosophical optimism that proclaims that all disaster and human suffering is part of a benevolent cosmic plan. Fast, funny, often outrageous, the French philosopher's immortal narrative takes Candide around the world to discover that — contrary to the teachings of his distinguished tutor Dr. Pangloss — all is not always for the best. Alive with wit, brilliance, and graceful storytelling, Candide has become Voltaire's most celebrated work.

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