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Candide, or, Optimism
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Uniform Title
Candide. English
Title
Candide, or, Optimism [electronic resource] / Voltaire ; translated by Burton Raffel.
ISBN
0300106556
0300127782
1281729698
9780300106558
9780300127782
9781281729699
Published
New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2005.
Physical Description
1 online resource (xxix, 132 pages)
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
"Translated from the German of Dr. Ralph with additions found in the doctor's pocket when he died, at Minden, in the yar of our Lord 1759."
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Summary
"In this new translation of Voltaire's Candide, distinguished translator Burton Raffel captures the French novel's irreverent spirit and offers a vivid, contemporary version of the 250-year-old text. Raffel casts the novel in an English idiom that - had Voltaire been a twenty-first-century American - he might himself have employed. The translation is immediate and unencumbered, and for the first time makes Voltaire the satirist a wicked pleasure for English-speaking readers."--BOOK JACKET. Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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Candide
Optimism
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Other formats
Print version: Voltaire, 1694-1778. Candide. English. Candide, or, Optimism. New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2005
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
October 07, 2019
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 131-132).
Contents
How Candide was raised in a noble mansion, and how he was driven
What happened to Candide among the Bulgars
How Candide saved himself from the Bulgars, and what became of him
How Candide met his old philosophy teacher, Doctor Pangloss, and what had happened to him
Tempest, shipwreck, earthquake, and what happened to Doctor Pangloss, Candide, and Jacques the Anabaptist
How they had a beautiful auto-da-fé in order to put an end to the earthquake, and how Candide was flogged
How an old woman took care of Candide and how he got back his beloved
Cunégonde's story
What happened to Cunégonde, to Candide, to the Grand Inquisitor, and to a Jew
In what difficulty Candide, Cunégonde, and the old woman reached Cadiz, and how they boarded a ship
The old woman's story
More about the old woman's misfortunes
How Candide was forced to leave lovely Cunégonde and the old woman
How Candide and Cacambo were greeted by the Jesuits of Paraguay
How Candide killed his dear Cunégonde's brother
What happened to the two travelers with two girls, two monkeys, and the savages known as Oreillons
Arrival of Candide and his valet in the land of Eldorado, and what they saw there
What they saw in Eldorado
How they got to Surinam, and how Candide came to know Martin
What happened at sea to Candide and Martin
Candide and Martin approach the French coast and argue
What happened to Candide and Martin in France
Candide and Martin reach the British coast, and what they see there
Paquette and Friar Giroflée
Visit to Lord Pococuranté, a nobleman of Venice
A dinner that Candide and Martin shared with six foreigners, and who they were
Candide's journey to Constantinople
What happened to Candide, Cunégonde, Pangloss, Martin, etc.
How Candide found Cunégonde and the old woman.
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