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Language: English
Published by Franklin Library 1978
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. A major new translation of Voltaire's fast-paced, globe-trotting satire - an irresistible holiday read.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 fo…r 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. 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. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
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Paperback. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Ships in a BOX from Central Missouri! May not include working access code. Will not include dust jacket. Has used sticker(s) and some writing or highlighting. UPS shipping for most packages, (Priority Mail for AK/HI/APO/PO Boxes).
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Language: English
Published by Penguin, London 1947
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. "CANDIDE, OU L'OPTIMISME" is a French satire first published in 1759 by Voltaire, a philosopher of the Age of Enlightenment. It 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 hi…s mentor, Professor Pangloss. The work describes the abrupt cessation of this lifestyle, followed by Candide's slow, painful disillusionment as he witnesses and experiences great hardships in the world. Voltaire concludes with Candide, if not rejecting optimism outright, advocating a deeply practical precept, "we must cultivate our garden", in lieu of the Leibnizian mantra of Pangloss, "all is for the best" in the "best of all possible worlds." Candide is characterised by its sarcastic tone as well as by its erratic, fantastical and fast-moving plot. A picaresque novel with a story similar to that of a more serious Bildungsroman, it parodies many adventure and romance cliches, the struggles of which are caricatured in a tone that is mordantly matter-of-fact. Still, the events discussed are often based on historical happenings, such as the Seven Years' War and the 1755 Lisbon earthquake. As philosophers of Voltaire's day contended with the problem of evil, so too does Candide in this short novel, albeit more directly and humorously. Voltaire ridicules religion, theologians, governments, armies, philosophies, and philosophers through allegory; most conspicuously, he assaults Leibniz and his optimism. As expected by Voltaire, Candide has enjoyed both great success and great scandal. Immediately after its secretive publication, the book was widely banned because it contained religious blasphemy, political sedition and intellectual hostility hidden under a thin veil of naivete. However, with its sharp wit and insightful portrayal of the human condition, the novel has since inspired many later authors and artists to mimic and adapt it. Today, Candide is recognized as Voltaire's magnum opus and is often listed as part of the Western canon; it is among the most frequently taught works of French literature. The British poet and literary critic Martin Seymour-Smith listed Candide as one of the 100 most influential books ever written. "CANDIDE, OU L'OPTIMISME" is a French satire first published in 1759 by Voltaire, a philosopher of the Age of Enlightenment. It 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 mentor, Professor Pangloss. The work describes the abrupt cessation of this lifestyle, followed by Candide's slow, painful disillusionment as he witnesses and experiences great hardships in the world. Voltaire concludes with Candide, if not rejecting optimism outright, advocating a deeply practical precept, "we must cultivate our garden", in lieu of the Leibnizian mantra of Pangloss, "all is for the best" in the "best of all possible worlds." Candide is characterised by its sarcastic tone as well as by its erratic, fantastical and fast-moving plot. A picaresque novel with a story similar to that of a more serious BildungsAroman, it parodies many adventure and romance clichA(c)s, the struggles of which are caricatured in a tone that is mordantly matter-of-fact. Still, the events discussed are often based on historical happenings, such as the Seven Years' War and the 1755 Lisbon earthquake. As philosophers of Voltaire's day contended with the problem of evil, so too does Candide in this short novel, albeit more directly and humorously. Voltaire ridicules religion, theologians, governments, armies, philosophies, and philosophers through allegory; most conspicuously, he assaults Leibniz and his optimism. As expected by Voltaire, Candide has enjoyed both great success and great scandal. Imm Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. "All is for the best in the best of all possible worlds" It was the indifferent shrug and callous inertia that this "optimism" concealed which so angered Voltaire, who found the "all for the best" approach a patently inadequate response to suffering, to natural disasters, not to mention the…questions of illness and man-made war. Moreover, as the rebel whose satiric genius had earned him not only international acclaim, but two stays in the Bastille, flogging, and exile, Voltaire knew personally what suffering entailed. In Candide he whisks his young hero and friends through a ludicrous variety of tortures, tragedies, and a reversal of fortune, in the company of Pangloss, a "metaphysico-theologo-comolo-nigologist" of unflinching optimism. The result is one of the glories of eighteenth-century satire.For more than sixty-five years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,500 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. A classic, satiric novel, by the noted 18th century French author and philosopher. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
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Language: English
Published by Penguin 1947
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Condition: Very Good. 1st edition. Paperback, VG. 144pp, paper a little yellowed, edges a little rubbed, Penguin L4. Fiction dealing with the problems of suffering and the existence of Evil in which Voltaire attacks the 'all is for the best' philosophy. 150 grams.
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Published by State University of New York Press, Albany 1998
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paperback. Condition: Near Fine. DETAILS: PAPERBACK, fresh attractive copy, near fine and probably unused. RACEVSKIS, KARLIS. Modernity's pretenses: making reality fit reason from Candide to the gulag. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1998, 1st printing number line ending in 1, xi, 161pp., . Series: SUNY series in pos…tmodern culture Modernity's Pretenses undermines modernity's authority through a cultural and historical examination of texts and thinkers from the Enlightenment to post-Stalinist Europe. Racevskis argues that modernity's elaborate designs for rationalizing the world have mainly functioned as covers and alibis (i.e., pretenses). Modernity's promise to liberate humanity from superstition, injustice, and want has been a tactic for making exploitation seem noble and for lending barbarism an aura of progress. Racevskis examines the mechanisms and history of the pretending that mark the modern world and surveys the critical approaches that have proven most effective in dispelling the credibility of pretenses. - CONTENTS: Voltaire and the limits of reason -- The postmodern outlook for Hermeneutics -- Michèle Le Doeuff's philosophy of disinvolvement -- The dialectic of reason -- Foucault's critique of the enlightenment -- Reason in the age of atrocity -- Ethnic identity in a post-Stalinist age. 9780791439548 ISBN 0791439542 8.40.
Published by royal giant, 1953
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Published by Bantam Books 1959
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Condition: Fair. 1959. First Edition Thus. 122 pages. Pictorial paperback. Translated by Lowell Blair. Illustrated by Sheilah Beckett. Pages have slight foxing, tanning and minor thumbing. Slight gutter cracking. Foxing and tanning more noticeable towards start and end of book and on text block edges. Paper cover has minor wear…with slight marks, creases, some sunning and modest edge wear. A few small paint spots. Slight stains and tears to spine.
Published by Lion Books, NY 1952
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Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. [1st printing] Nov. 1952; #107. Cover art is uncredited. Tanning; short tear at spine head; minor stress cracks, corner wear and creasing; marks on upper and lower ends. Book.
Published by The Nonesuch Press, London 1939
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hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st. Tall 8vo, 147 pp. Fine copy in very good slipcase. Illus. by Sylvain Sauvage (illustrator).
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Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Thus. Second Edition, 7th Printing. Published by Norton Critical Editions, 1966. Octavo. Book is very good with crease on back top left corner. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you… would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.
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Published by Hamish Hamilton, London 1947
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. A hardcover nonfiction in very good condition. Pages are spotless and fresh. The cover is remarkably clean and well-preserved with no major signs of wear.
Published by Prime Publications, Inc, New York 1952
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Softcover. Condition: Good+. First Edition Thus. First Lion Books printing, mass market paperback, the front hinge is pulled but holds, and the book also has bumps with creasing to the spine ends and corners, rubbing with slight edge wear to the covers, cross creasing to the spine with reading creases to the hinges, and age toni…ng to the pages. Overall, this is a solid, Good+ copy.
Published by royal giant, 1953
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Published by Barron's Educational Series, Great Neck NY WOODBURY. 1960
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paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. VERY GOOD CONDITION, clean, solid, bright.Cover sketch in sepia.shows man with raised foot in rustic setting.Back cover advert for (3) Titles Now Available. ; 62pg thin pages; STUDIES IN ENGLISH AND CONTINENTAL LITERATURE.
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grey full cloth hardcover 8vo. (octavo). dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. fine cond. looks new. like new. binding square & tight. covers clean. edges clean. old shadow from name sticker on front flyleaf, otherwise contents free of markings. price clipped dustwrapper in fine cond. not worn or torn. nice clean…copy. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, inking, underlining, remainder markings etc~. first printing (#1 in # line) of this edition. decorative endpapers. xi+283p.+ colophon. endnotes. bibliography. appendix. fiction. novels. philosophy. french literature. history of england. memoirs. ~ A flamboyant and controversial personality of enormous wit and intelligence, Voltaire is one of the most intriguing figures of the eighteenth century Enlightenment. His masterpiece is Candide, a brilliant satire on the theory that '' the world is the best of all possible worlds." The book traces the picaresque adventures of the guileless Candide, who is forced into the army, flogged, shipwrecked, betrayed, robbed, separated from his beloved Cunegonde, tortured by the Inquisition, etc., all without losing his resilience and will to live. Candide is accompanied in this edition by the Philosophical Letters, published after Voltaire had returned to France from a long sojourn in England, where he had met the leading literary and intellectual figures of the day. Also known as Letters Concerning the English Nation, the book was burned by French authorities, who were offended by the implication that English institutions were superior to their own, and a warrant was put out for Voltaire's arrest.
Published by royal giant, 1953
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Published by Twayne Publishers, Inc., New York, ET AL 1992
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