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Voltare. Candide and Other Stories

By Voltaire , Roger Pearson

Book information

Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Year
2006
ISBN
9780192807267, 0192807269
LCC
PQ2075 2006
Open Library ID
OL22728381M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2449540 bytes)
Series
Oxford World's Classics
Pages
352\352
Topic
Education
Library
torrents.ru tech collections 2009-11-14
Time added
2010-02-18 13:16:04

Description

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 revised introduction that reflects recent critical debates and including a new section on Voltaire's verse, this edition also features updated translations, revised notes, and an updated bibliography.

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