Candide /
Voltaire.
Candide / Voltaire. - [S.l.] : Penguin Books, 2001. - 112 p. ; 18 cm. - Penguin popular classics. . - Penguin popular classics. .
Brought up in the household of a powerful Baron, Candide is an open-minded young man, whose tutor, Pangloss, has instilled in him the belief that 'all is for the best'. But when his love for the Baron's rosy-cheeked daughter is discovered, Candide is cast out to make his own way in the world. And so he and his various companions begin a breathless tour of Europe, South America and Asia, as an outrageous series of disasters befall them - earthquakes, syphilis, a brush with the Inquisition, murder - sorely testing the young hero's optimism.
0140623035 (paperback) $4.50 9780140623031 (paperback)
Candide / Voltaire. - [S.l.] : Penguin Books, 2001. - 112 p. ; 18 cm. - Penguin popular classics. . - Penguin popular classics. .
Brought up in the household of a powerful Baron, Candide is an open-minded young man, whose tutor, Pangloss, has instilled in him the belief that 'all is for the best'. But when his love for the Baron's rosy-cheeked daughter is discovered, Candide is cast out to make his own way in the world. And so he and his various companions begin a breathless tour of Europe, South America and Asia, as an outrageous series of disasters befall them - earthquakes, syphilis, a brush with the Inquisition, murder - sorely testing the young hero's optimism.
0140623035 (paperback) $4.50 9780140623031 (paperback)