An edition of Candide (1746)

Candide

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An edition of Candide (1746)

Candide

or, All for the best. A new translation from the French. With introd. by Walter Jerrold.

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  • ★★★ ★ 4.0 (82 ratings)
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Brought up in the household of a powerful Baron, Candide is an open-minded young man, whose tutor, Pangloss, has instilled in him the belief that 'all is for the best'. But when his love for the Baron's rosy-cheeked daughter is discovered, Candide is cast out to make his own way in the world.

And so he and his various companions begin a breathless tour of Europe, South America and Asia, as an outrageous series of disasters befall them - earthquakes, syphilis, a brush with the Inquisition, murder - sorely testing the young hero's optimism.

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PQ2082 C313 1898

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176p.
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