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Candide

Or Optimism (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
Deluxe Classics
Francois Voltaire - Author
Theo Cuffe - Translator
Michael Wood - Introduction by
Chris Ware - Jacket Illustrator
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Book: Paperback | 6.02 x 9.21in | 200 pages | ISBN 9780143039426 | 25 Oct 2005 | Penguin Classic | 18 - AND UP
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Candide

One of Western literature's most glorious and incisive satires—now in a brilliant new translation with phenomenal cover art by legendary comic artist Chris Ware!

With its vibrant new translation, perceptive introduction, and witty packaging, this new edition of Voltaire’s masterpiece belongs in the hands of every reader pondering our assumptions about human behavior and our place in the world. Candide tells of the hilarious adventures of the naïve Candide, who doggedly believes that “all is for the best” even when faced with injustice, suffering, and despair. Controversial and entertaining, Candide is a book that is vitally relevant today in our world pervaded by—as Candide would say—“the mania for insisting that all is well when all is by no means well.”

  • A Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition with French flaps and rough front
  • Completely new translation and introduction
  • Amazing cover art from one of the most beloved modern comic artists
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