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Candide : or, Optimism / Voltaire.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Voltaire, 1694-1778.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Optimism--Fiction.
- Optimism.
- Satire.
- Enlightenment--Fiction.
- Enlightenment.
- Inquisition--Fiction.
- Inquisition.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (207 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- [Auckland, New Zealand] : Floating Press, 1918.
- Summary:
- 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 happier place for readers. Voltaire wrote it in three days, and many generations have found that its laughter does not grow old.
- Contents:
- Title; Contents; Introduction; I; II; III; IV; V; VI; VII; VIII; IX; X; XI; XII; XIII; XIV; XV; XVI; XVII; XVIII; XIX; XX; XXI; XXII; XXIII; XXIV; XXV; XXVI; XXVII; XXVIII; XXIX; XXX; Endnotes
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed January 10, 2014).
- ISBN:
- 1-77556-629-3
- OCLC:
- 476236136
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