| Candide Contributor(s): Smollett, Tobias (Translator), Edibooks (Editor), Voltaire (Author) |
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ISBN: 1534616357 ISBN-13: 9781534616356 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $8.22 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections |
| Physical Information: 0.25" H x 6" W x 9" (0.37 lbs) 118 pages |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 28450 Reading Level: 7.3 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 5.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Candide, ou l'Optimisme (1759) is a French satire by the Enlightenment philosopher Voltaire, English translations of which have been titled Candide: Or, All for the Best (1759); Candide: Or, The Optimist (1762); and Candide: Or, Optimism (1947). The novella begins with a young man, Candide, who is living a sheltered life in an Edenic paradise and being indoctrinated with Leibnizian optimism (or simply optimism) by his tutor, Pangloss. |