| Candide Contributor(s): Voltaire (Author), Davenport, Jack (Read by) |
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ISBN: 1609987101 ISBN-13: 9781609987107 Publisher: Blackstone Publishing OUR PRICE: $8.96 Product Type: Compact Disc - Other Formats Published: November 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Satire |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Series: Cover to Cover |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.2" W x 7" (0.25 lbs) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Candide, published simultaneously in five European capitals in 1759, became an instant bestseller and is now regarded as one of the key texts of the Enlightenment. Voltaire's preoccupations with evil and with various kinds of human folly and intolerance found a perfect vehicle in the philosophical tale. A master storyteller, he combined often wildly entertaining action with profoundly serious sense, parodying the traditional chivalric and oriental tales with which his public was more familiar to create a witty allegory of a young man whose optimism gives way to disillusionment after a series of terrible misfortunes. |
Contributor Bio(s): Davenport, Jack: - Jack Davenport is an English actor best known for his roles in the television series This Life, Coupling, Smash, and as James Norrington in the Pirates of the Caribbean films. In addition to film and theater, he has lent his voice to many audiobooks and voice-overs for commercials. Some of his audiobook credits include A Clockwork Orange, Black Dogs, Candide, among others, and his narrations have won two AudioFile Earphones Awards. |