Candide - or, Optimism (Paperback)

A flamboyant and controversial personality of enormous wit and intelligence, Voltaire remains one of the most influential figures of the eighteenth-century Enlightenment. "Candide, " his masterpiece, is a brilliant satire of the theory that our 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, et cetera, all without losing his resilience and will to live and pursue a happy life.
This Modern Library edition, published to celebrate the seventy-fifth anniversary of Random House,
is a facsimile of the first book ever released under the Random House colophon. It includes the timeless illustrations by Rockwell Kent, a twentieth-century artist whose wit and genius serve as a counterpart and compliment to Voltaire's.

"From the Hardcover edition."

General

Imprint:	Modern Library Inc
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Modern Library Classics
Release date:	October 2005
First published:	October 2005
Authors:	Voltaire
Translators:	Peter Constantine
Introduction by:	Diane Johnson
Dimensions:	202 x 131 x 8mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	144
ISBN-13:	978-0-8129-7201-6
Languages:	English
Subtitles:	French
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > General Books > Fiction > Special features > Classic fiction Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > 16th to 18th centuries Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Novels, other prose & writers > General
LSN:	0-8129-7201-5
Barcode:	9780812972016

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