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Candide, or, Optimism / Voltaire.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: French Publication details: Waiheke Island : Floating Press, ©2009.Description: 1 online resource (206 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781775413707
  • 1775413705
  • 9781775413707
  • 1775413705
  • 9781775566298
  • 1775566293
Other title:
  • Candide
  • Optimism
Uniform titles:
  • Candide. English
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 843/.5 22
LOC classification:
  • PQ2082 .C3 2009eb
Online resources: Summary: Candide and his tutor Pangloss travel the globe trying to follow the philosophy 'All is for the best in this, the best of all possible worlds'. However, they are stung and let down at every turn, being robbed, tortured and ridiculed, amongst other trials. On hearing about their often disastrous travels, a listener feels unfortunately less than empathetic, and can't help themselves laughing out loud at this very funny account of the trail our optimistic travelers take, and at their eternal and endearing joy at the world and its potential discoveries.
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Translated from the French.

From a 1918 ed.

Candide and his tutor Pangloss travel the globe trying to follow the philosophy 'All is for the best in this, the best of all possible worlds'. However, they are stung and let down at every turn, being robbed, tortured and ridiculed, amongst other trials. On hearing about their often disastrous travels, a listener feels unfortunately less than empathetic, and can't help themselves laughing out loud at this very funny account of the trail our optimistic travelers take, and at their eternal and endearing joy at the world and its potential discoveries.

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