Candide and other stories /
Material type: TextLanguage: English Original language: French Series: Oxford world's classicsPublication details: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2008Edition: [New ed.] / translated with an introduction and notes by Roger PearsonDescription: l, 301 p. ; 20 cmISBN: 9780199535613 (pbk.) :Subject(s): Voltaire, 1694-1778 -- Translations into English | Classics | Fiction in Translation | Short StoriesDDC classification: 843.5 LOC classification: PQ2075 | 2008Summary: 'Candide' is the most famous of Voltaire's philosophical tales, in which he combines witty improbabilities with the sanest of good sense. This edition includes four other prose tales and a verse tale.Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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This ed. of this translation originally published: 2006.
Includes bibliographical references (p. xlv-xlvii).
'Candide' is the most famous of Voltaire's philosophical tales, in which he combines witty improbabilities with the sanest of good sense. This edition includes four other prose tales and a verse tale.
Translated from the French.