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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 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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- Paperback 352 Pages
- Edition: New Ed
- ISBN-10: 0192807269
- ISBN-13: 9780192807267
- Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
- Pub date: Jun 05, 2006
- Dimensions: 19 cm x 13 cm x 2 cm Just how big is that?
- Also available as: Paperback, Hardcover, Audio CD, Audio Cassette, School & Library Binding, Unbound and Others
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... and other languagesLivres Français and Deutsche Bücher

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I read this on the beach in Cape May. A girl I was seeing at the time was with me. She related later that she had shared with her mother what I was reading. According to the mother, "Any boy who reads Candide in his spare time is a keeper."
We did not last.