Voltaire ; translated from the French with an introduction and notes by Roger Pearson.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Distributed by Random House,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
1992.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
lviii, 307 pages ;
Dimensions
21 cm
SERIES
Series Title
Everyman's library
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (page xxxix).
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
The spirit of satire flourished during the Enlightenment as in no other period, and the crowning achievement of that caustic, brilliantly learned age was Voltaire's Candide, published in 1759, at the height of its author's enormous European fame. Following the worldwide encounters - with shipwrecks, earthquakes, pestilence, and human insanity - of its hero and his incomparably absurd tutor, Dr. Pangloss, Candide is the most entertaining of all philosophical novels and the most philosophical of entertainments.
OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
Title
Candide and other stories.
UNIFORM TITLE
General Material Designation
Short stories.
Form Subheading
Selections.
Language (when part of a heading)
English
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Short stories, French-- 18th century, Translations into English.