Candide or Optimism
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This edition is essentially that of Richard Aldington edited with reference to the French editions by André Morize and George R. Havens. Norman L. Torrey's introduction is a brief commentary on Voltaire's central purpose of reducing the doctrine of philosophical optimism to absurdity. Also included are a list of principal dates in the life of Voltaire and a selected bibliography.
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Candide or Optimism, Norman Lewis Torrey, Voltaire
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- 1985
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- Title
- Candide or Optimism
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Norman Lewis Torrey, Voltaire
- Publisher
- AHM Publishing Corporation
- Released
- 1985
- Format
- Hardcover
- ISBN10
- 0882951009
- ISBN13
- 9780882951003
- Collection
- Crofts Classics
- Category
- World prose, Beloved classics, Gifts for men
- Description
- This edition is essentially that of Richard Aldington edited with reference to the French editions by André Morize and George R. Havens. Norman L. Torrey's introduction is a brief commentary on Voltaire's central purpose of reducing the doctrine of philosophical optimism to absurdity. Also included are a list of principal dates in the life of Voltaire and a selected bibliography.