Candide (häftad)
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Format
Inbunden (Hardback)
Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
104
Utgivningsdatum
2020-11-12
Förlag
Graphic Arts Books
Medarbetare
Editions, Mint (contributions)
Illustrationer
Illustrations
Dimensioner
203 x 127 x 10 mm
Vikt
241 g
Antal komponenter
1
Komponenter
419:B&W 5 x 8 in or 203 x 127 mm Case Laminate on White w/Matte Lam
ISBN
9781513220642

Candide

av Voltaire
Inbunden,  Engelska, 2020-11-12
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Young Candide is ejected from his idyllic life in a protected castle and finds himself encountering wild adventures and harsh trials that put to the test his teachers claim that we live in the best of all possible worlds. Honest and simple to a fault, Candide finds that a bit of romance leads only to exile and sudden immersion in a larger and more frightening world. Armed with the optimistic teachings of his mentor Pangloss, he is soon astounded to be arrested, beaten and forced into military service. The author doesnt spare his hero, hurling him into a shipwreck, an earthquake, a tidal wave and a city-wide wildfire in short order. Pursuing his true love and reunited with Pangloss, who interprets each new setback, no matter how horrific, as another sign that everything happens for the best, Candide refuses to abandon hope but begins to question his teachers bottomless optimism. An outrageous picaresque quest full of barbed observations about human behavior and belief, politics and institutions, Candide was condemned for the fiercely irreverent stance it delicately conceals beneath its heros guileless nature and chain of extravagant adventures. Triumphing over censorship, the book has had profound influence on philosophy and politics since its first appearance in 1759, but remains a classic that can be read for pure pleasure. With an eye-catching new cover, and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Candide is both modern and readable.
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Voltaire was the pen name of Franois-Marie Arouet (16941778)a French philosopher and an author who was as prolific as he was influential. In books, pamphlets and plays, he startled, scandalized and inspired his age with savagely sharp satire that unsparingly attacked the most prominent institutions of his day, including royalty and the Roman Catholic Church. His fiery support of freedom of speech and religion, of the separation of church and state, and his intolerance for abuse of power can be seen as ahead of his time, but earned him repeated imprisonments and exile before they won him fame and adulation.

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