Candide, or the Optimist
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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 the Optimist, Voltaire
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- 2020
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- Title
- Candide, or the Optimist
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Voltaire
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Released
- 2020
- Format
- Hardcover
- ISBN10
- 1529021081
- ISBN13
- 9781529021080
- Category
- World prose, Beloved classics, Gifts for men
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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.