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Candide (Norton Critical Edition)
Candide - Norton Critical Edition
Author: Voltaire
This edition is essentially that of Richard Aldington edited with reference to the French editions by Andr Morize and George R. Havens. Norman L. Torrey's introduction is a brief commentary on Voltaire's central purpose of reducing the doctrine of philosophical optimism to absurdity. Also included are a list of principal dates in the life of Vol...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780393096491
ISBN-10: 0393096491
Publication Date: 12/31/1980
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Publisher: W.W. Norton Company Ltd
Book Type: Paperback
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Complete with footnotes to explain the inside jokes of 1759.
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Voltaire at his best - in the best of all possible worlds. Don't forget to cultivate your garden.


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