Candide and Other Stories

Name: Candide and Other Stories
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ISBN: 9780199535613

ISBN-10: 0199535612

ISBN-13: 9780199535613

Edition: 2nd 2008

Authors: Voltaire, Roger Pearson

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Candide is the most famous of Voltaire's "philosophical tales," in which he combined witty improbabilities with the sanest of good sense. First published in 1759, it was an instant bestseller and has come to be regarded as one of the key texts of the Enlightenment. What Candide does for chivalric romance, the other tales in this selection--Micromegas, Zadig, The Ingenu, and The White Bull--do for science fiction, the Oriental tale, the sentimental novel, and the Old Testament. The most extensive one-volume selection currently available, this new edition includes a new verse translation of the story Voltaire based on Chaucer's The Wife of Bath's Tale: What Pleases the Ladies. Opening with a…

Book details

List price: $7.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 5/15/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 5.08" wide x 7.72" long x 0.43" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English



Candide


Micromegas


Zadig


The Ingenu


The White Bull


What Pleases the Ladies