Candide: Voltaire by Fleming, William F.
Candide: Voltaire by Fleming, William F.

Candide: Voltaire

Candide by Voltaire. Candide, ou l'Optimisme, is a French satire first published in 1759 by Voltaire, a...
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Author: William F. Fleming
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Language: English
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Candide: Voltaire by Fleming, William F.

Candide: Voltaire

$19.26
Candide: Voltaire by Fleming, William F.

Candide: Voltaire

$19.26
Author: William F. Fleming
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Description
Candide by Voltaire. Candide, ou l'Optimisme, is a French satire first published in 1759 by Voltaire, a philosopher of the Age of Enlightenment. The novella has been widely translated, with English versions titled Candide: or, All for the Best (1759); Candide: or, The Optimist (1762); and Candide: Optimism (1947). Ever since 1759, when Voltaire wrote "Candide" in ridicule of the notion that this is the best of all possible worlds, this world has been a gayer place for readers. Voltaire wrote it in three days, and five or six generations have found that its laughter does not grow old. "Candide" has not aged. Yet how different the book would have looked if Voltaire had written it a hundred and fifty years later than 1759. It would have been, among other things, a book of sights and sounds. A modern writer would have tried to catch and fix in words some of those Atlantic changes which broke the Atlantic monotony of that voyage from Cadiz to Buenos Ayres. When Martin and Candide were sailing the length of the Mediterranean we should have had a contrast between naked scarped Balearic cliffs and headlands of Calabria in their mists. We should have had quarter distances, far horizons, the altering silhouettes of an Ionian island. Colored birds would have filled Paraguay with their silver or acid cries.

Author: William F. Fleming, Voltaire
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 04/30/2018
Pages: 98
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.41lbs
Size: 10.00h x 7.01w x 0.20d
ISBN: 9781717583895

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 7.3
Point Value: 5
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 28450 / Candide

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