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Candide: Or Optimism (Penguin Classics)
Amazon.com Review: Political satire doesn't age well, but occasionally a diatribe contains enough art and universal mirth to survive long after its timeliness has passed. Candide is such a book. Penned by that Renaissance man of the Enlightenment, [... more]
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Letters on England (Penguin Classics)
Common Sense, Forward Thinking, Double-Edged Satire: I'm starting to think that there is a certain clique of authors, to wit, Machiavelli, Nietzsche, Swift, and Voltaire, who have developed a popular perception that tragically limits or constrains their [... more]
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Letters Concerning the English Nation (Oxford World's ...
For those who can take A LOT of Voltaire.: Before this 1994 Oxford University Press Edition, ENGLISH-language Readers of Voltaire's famous Book had to make do with Translations from the FRENCH 'Lettres Philosophiques'. Voltaire, however, began writing [... more]
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Candide and Other Stories (Oxford World's Classics)
Amazon.com Review: Candide, the wittiest and best-loved book of a genius who is still unequaled in his ability to spin art out of philosophy, became a huge bestseller in Europe after it was published in 1759. Voltaire, skeptical of the systems of [... more]
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Candide (A Norton Critical Edition)
Some Candides Are Better Than Others: No the story doesn't change from edition to edition, but the supplementary material provided does change. Candide isn't just some hectic adventure story. It really fails as literature in this regard, and certainly [... more]
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Candide, Zadig, and Selected Stories (Signet Classics)
More Bang for your Buck with the Signet Classics volume: This Signet edition of Voltaire's finest works is THE Candide to buy. It has 15 other classic Voltaire works FIFTEEN!! Now that's a great deal without all the bells and whistles! I remember first [... more]
$4.95
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Candide (Dover Thrift Editions)
Felt like a Ben Stiller movie: Holy crap - we get it already - you dislike Leibniz. I can appreciate satire - I love satire. But Candide is essentially a collection of horrific happenings each told as a separate joke ending in the exact same punch-line [... more]
$1.50
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Philosophical Letters
Very Amusing Comment on Britain by Voltaire.: This very short group of essays is profound, amusing, and a definite page turner. Voltaire reminds me of an 18th century French version of our early 20th century HL Mencken. He is obviously a twinkling eyed [... more]
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Candide: A Dual-Language Book
Amazon.com Review: Political satire doesn't age well, but occasionally a diatribe contains enough art and universal mirth to survive long after its timeliness has passed. Candide is such a book. Penned by that Renaissance man of the Enlightenment, [... more]
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Candide (Bantam Classics)
Amazon.com Review: Political satire doesn't age well, but occasionally a diatribe contains enough art and universal mirth to survive long after its timeliness has passed. Candide is such a book. Penned by that Renaissance man of the Enlightenment, [... more]
$4.95
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Candide and Other Stories (Everyman's Library (Cloth))
Amazon.com Review: Candide, the wittiest and best-loved book of a genius who is still unequaled in his ability to spin art out of philosophy, became a huge bestseller in Europe after it was published in 1759. Voltaire, skeptical of the systems of [... more]
$20.00
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Candide (Modern Library)
Amazon.com Review: Political satire doesn't age well, but occasionally a diatribe contains enough art and universal mirth to survive long after its timeliness has passed. Candide is such a book. Penned by that Renaissance man of the Enlightenment, [... more]
$23.95
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