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001 ocn436094781
003 OCoLC
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008 840126t19841959onca 000 1 eng d
040 $aGEQ$cGEQ
020 $a0553211250
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035 $a(OCoLC)436094781
100 1 $aVoltaire,$d1694-1778.
240 10 $aCandide.$lEnglish
245 10 $aCandide /$cby Voltaire ; translated by Lowell Bair ; with an appreciation by André Maurois ; illustrations by Sheilah Beckett.
260 $aToronto ;$aNew York :$bBantam Books,$c1984, c1959.
300 $a122 p. :$bill. ;$c18 cm.
490 1 $aA Bantam classic
500 $aFirst French edition 1759.
520 $aThis is the story of a gentle man who, though pummeled and slapped in every direction by fate, clings desperately to the belief that he lives in "the best of all possible worlds." On the surface a witty, bantering tale, this eighteenth-century classic is actually a savage, satiric thrust at the philosophical optimism that proclaims that all disaster and human suffering is part of a benevolent cosmic plan. Fast, funny often outrageous, the French philosopher's immortal narrative takes Candide around the world to discover that - contrary to his distinguished teacher Dr. Pangloss - all is not always for the best.
700 1 $aBair, Lowell,
830 2 $aA Bantam classic.
994 $aZ0$bPMR
948 $hNO HOLDINGS IN PMR - 3 OTHER HOLDINGS