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Candide is the most famous of Voltaire's 'philosophical tales', in which he combined witty improbabilities with the sanest of good sense. This edition includes four other prose tales - Micromegas, Zadig, The Ing--ecirc--;nu, and The White Bull - and a verse tale based on Chaucer'...

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1. Verfasser: Voltaire, 1694-1778
Weitere Verfasser: Pearson, Roger
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
French
Veröffentlicht: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
Ausgabe:New ed.
Schriftenreihe:Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press)
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Zusammenfassung:Candide is the most famous of Voltaire's 'philosophical tales', in which he combined witty improbabilities with the sanest of good sense. This edition includes four other prose tales - Micromegas, Zadig, The Ing--ecirc--;nu, and The White Bull - and a verse tale based on Chaucer's The Wife of Bath's Tale, : What Pleases the Ladies. - ;'If this is the best of all possible worlds, then what must the others be like?'. Young Candide is tossed on a hilarious tide of misfortune, experiencing the full horror and injustice of this 'best of all possible worlds' - the Old and the New - before finally acc.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (1, 301 pages).
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages xlv-xlvii).
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9780191517709
0191517704