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Candide and Other Stories

Autor Voltaire Traducere de William F Fleming
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 27 aug 2019
Collected together here in "Candide and Other Stories" we have a collection of philosophical fiction by 18th century French author Voltaire. In the author's best known work, "Candide", we find the story of a man who has lived a sheltered comfortable life, but when he begins to travel the world he witnesses the pervasive hardships of the world, an experience that leads to his ultimate disillusionment with his previously held philosophy. In "Micromegas", Voltaire crafts an early work of science fiction in which a 450 year old, 120,000 foot tall alien travels the universe ultimately discovering humans and their philosophies on earth. In the third work of this volume we have the story of its titular character, Zadig, an ancient Babylonian philosopher. Fourthly in a work of narrative verse, "What Pleases the Ladies" is the tale of Jean Robert who seeks an answer to the question, "what do women desire?" The fifth story of this collection, "The Huron", is a tale of a native American who travels across the Atlantic to discover a very different world than his own in Brittany, France. Lastly we find "The White Bull", a philosophical fable based on the Greek tale of Europa and the bull. This collection follows the translations of William F. Fleming in an edition printed on premium acid-free paper.
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ISBN-13: 9781420963809
ISBN-10: 1420963805
Pagini: 236
Dimensiuni: 140 x 216 x 14 mm
Greutate: 0.3 kg
Editura: Neeland Media

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'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 accepting that his old philosophy tutor Dr Pangloss has got it all wrong. There are no grounds for his daft theory of Optimism. Yet life goes on. We must cultivate our garden, for there is certainly room for improvement.Candide is the most famous of Voltaire's 'philosophical tales', in which he combined witty improbabilities with the sanest of good sense. First published in 1759, it was an instant bestseller and has come to be regarded as one of the key texts of the Enlightenment. What Candide does for chivalric romance, the other tales in this selection - Micromegas, Zadig, The Ingenu, and The White Bull - do for science fiction, the Oriental tale, the sentimental novel, and the Old Testament. This new edition also includes a verse tale based on Chaucer's The Wife of Bath's Tale, in which we discover that most elusive of secrets: What Pleases the Ladies. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

Notă biografică

In addition to Voltaire, Roger Pearson has translated Zola, La Bête humaine, and Maupassant, A Life for OWC, and Zola's Germinal for Penguin.