Candide, or Optimism
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When his love for the Baron's daughter is discovered, Candide is cast out to make his own way in the world. And so he and his companions begin a breathless tour of Europe, South America and Asia, as a...
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Forlagsbeskrivelse af Candide, Or Optimism af Francois Voltaire
When his love for the Baron's daughter is discovered, Candide is cast out to make his own way in the world. And so he and his 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, and murder, testing the young hero's optimism. ''The prince of philosophical novels'' John UpdikeIn Candide, Voltaire threw down an audacious challenge to the philosophical views of the Enlightenment to create one of the most glorious satires of the eighteenth century. His eponymous hero is an innocent 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 fortune. As he and his various companions roam over the world, an outrageous series of disasters - earthquakes, syphilis, the Inquisition - sorely test the young hero''s optimism, holding a mirror up to all fanatics, zealots and moral reformers of humankind. Translated and Edited by Theo Cuffe with an Introduction by Michael Wood
Detaljer
Forlag
Penguin Classics
ISBN
9780140455106
Sprog
Engelsk
Sider
208
Udgivelsesdato
25-05-2006
Format
Paperback
Varenr.
2198926
EAN nr.
9780140455106
Varegruppe
Fiction
Højde/Dybde (mm)
128
Bredde (mm)
197
Længde (mm)
14
Vægt (g)
158
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