Candide Ou L'Optimisme (French Edition) - Softcover

Voltaire

Softcover

ISBN 10: 2081382660 ISBN 13: 9782081382664

Publisher: Flammarion - Educa Books, 2016

Synopsis

Thème : Oeuvres Classiques 0Every lover of classic literature should read Candide, the satirical masterpiece that shocked Paris upon its publication in 1759. The novel challenges many of the core assertions of Enlightenment philosophy and calls into question vast swaths of Christian dogma. Though widely banned after its publication, it propelled Voltaire to literary stardom and remains one of the most popular French novels ever written.

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Voltaire (Francois-Marie Arouet) (1694--1778) was one of the key thinkers of the European Enlightenment. Of his many works, "Candide" remains the most popular.
Peter Constantine was awarded the 1998 PEN Translation Award for "Six Early Stories "by Thomas Mann and the 1999 National Translation Award for "The Undiscovered Chekhov: Forty-three New Stories." Widely acclaimed for his recent translation of the complete works of Isaac Babel, he also translated Gogol's "Taras Bulba" and Tolstoy's "The Cossacks "for the Modern Library. His translations of fiction and poetry have appeared in many publications, including "The New Yorker, Harper's," and "Paris Review. "He lives in New York City.

About this edition

• Publisher: Flammarion - Educa Books
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 2081382660
• ISBN 13: 9782081382664
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 210