Candide And Other Stories

Hardback

Main Details

Title Candide And Other Stories
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Voltaire
SeriesEveryman's Library CLASSICS
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:376
Dimensions(mm): Height 210,Width 134
Category/GenreClassic fiction (pre c 1945)
ISBN/Barcode 9781857151305
ClassificationsDewey:843.5
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Everyman
Imprint Everyman's Library
Publication Date 8 October 1992
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

The spirit of satire flourished during the Enlightenment, and its crowning achievement was Voltaire's "Candide". It follows the worldwide encounters - with shipwrecks, earthquakes, pestilence and human insanity - of its hero and his absurd tutor, Dr Pangloss.