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Voltaire Corporate Author/ Berg Sander Translator
Candide
Alma Books 2019. Paperback. New. 146 pages. 7.75x5.00x0.75 inches. Alma Books paperback
Bookseller reference : __1847497284 ISBN : 1847497284 9781847497284
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Voltaire/ Masters Brian Translator/ Harvey Simon
Treatise on Tolerance: And Other Writings
Cambridge Univ Pr 2000. Paperback. New. 160 pages. 9.00x6.25x0.75 inches. Cambridge Univ Pr paperback
Bookseller reference : __0521649692 ISBN : 0521649692 9780521649698
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Voltaire Edited by Arthur Wilson Green
Lettres sur les Anglais
Cambridge University Press 2014. Paperback. New. 216 pages. French language. Cambridge University Press paperback
Bookseller reference : __110768708X ISBN : 110768708X 9781107687080
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Voltaire/ Masters Brian Translator/ Harvey Simon Editor/ Harvey Simon
Treatise on Tolerance: And Other Writings
Cambridge Univ Pr 2000. Hardcover. New. 160 pages. 9.25x6.25x0.75 inches. Cambridge Univ Pr hardcover
Bookseller reference : __0521640172 ISBN : 0521640172 9780521640176
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Voltaire/ Cronk Nicholas Editor
Letters Concerning the English Nation
Oxford Univ Pr 2009. Paperback. New. 240 pages. 7.50x5.25x0.25 inches. Oxford Univ Pr paperback
Bookseller reference : __019955532X ISBN : 019955532X 9780199555321
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Voltaire/ Pearson Roger Translator
Candide And Other Stories
Oxford Univ Pr 2008. Paperback. New. 1st edition edition. 352 pages. 7.50x5.00x0.75 inches. Oxford Univ Pr paperback
Bookseller reference : __0199535612 ISBN : 0199535612 9780199535613
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Jean Francois Marie Arouet de Voltaire
Candide
Random House 1928. Hardcover. Very good/No jacket. Rockwell Kent. #926/1470cc. Signed by the illustrator Rockwell Kent. Some shelfwear with discolored covers and spine. Random House hardcover
Bookseller reference : 85752
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Voltaire
Voltaire: A Pricesa da Babilâ„¢nia - Colecao Novos Caminhos
Landy 2006. Paperback. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. At ThriftBooks our motto is: Read More Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Landy paperback
Bookseller reference : G8576290731I3N00 ISBN : 8576290731 9788576290735
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Voltaire
The Book of Deady Volume 1
Sirius Entertainment Incorporated 2006. Paperback. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. At ThriftBooks our motto is: Read More Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Sirius Entertainment, Incorporated paperback
Bookseller reference : G1579890830I3N00 ISBN : 1579890830 9781579890834
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Voltaire Henry Keen Illustrator.
Zadig and Other Romances
London: John Lane The Bodley Head Ltd. 1926. Publisher's Editorial copy with their slip tipped-in. Large 8vo. 316pp. Publisher's orange cloth with gilt titles to spine decorated in blue to spine and front cover with pictorial end papers top edge trimmed others untrimmed. A few early and late pages still unopened. 12 superb illustrations by Henry Keen. CONDITION: Sunning to spine darkening to top edges some minor intext hinge separation--the binding is firm and square corners sharp contents clean and bright--overall a very good or better copy in soiled dust jacket detached at front spine fold light dampstaining to spine. First Edition. Hard Cover. John Lane, The Bodley Head Ltd. Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 004642
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Voltaire
Philosophical Letters The Library of Liberal Arts
Bobbs-Merrill Co. PAPERBACK. 0672603268 ~Good. Light to moderate shelf wear to covers/corners. Trade paperback binding. Contains light to moderate highlighting notes underlining and/or other markings; satisfaction guaranteed. Support Last Word Books & Press and other independent booksellers. For more information about a specific title please feel free to contact us with your questions. . Good. Bobbs-Merrill Co paperback
Bookseller reference : SKU201503337 ISBN : 0672603268 9780672603266
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Friedrich Preuen Konig II Frederick II called Frederick the Great; Friedrich der Grosse; Voltaire; Reinhold Koser und Hans Droy
Briefwechsel Friedrichs des Grossen mit Voltaire 3 volume set : Erster Teil: Briefwechsel des Kronprinzen Friedrich 1736-1740; Zweiter Teil: Briefwechsel K�nig Friedrichs 1740-1753; Dritter Teil: Briefwechsel K�nig Friedrichs 1753-1778
Leipzig: Verlag Von S Hirzel. Good with no dust jacket. 1911. Hardcover. Heavily annotated with underlining and marks light tone otherwise light wear. Solid hardcovers. ; French language letters; Vorwort Zur literarischen Einf�hrung Anhang and footnotes in German language. Three of three volumes complete set: I 1908 II 1909 and III 1911. Ownership signature of George R Havens on front paste-down of Volume III noted scholar of the French Enlightenment and Ohio State professor. The letters document the nearly half-century intellectual and personal relationship between Frederick the Great of Prussia and Voltaire begun with correspondence from Crown Prince Frederick in 1736. Documentation from the Prussian archives of Friedrich's correspondence with Voltaire a significant part of 18th century intellectual history from the library of an outstanding scholar of the period. ; Publikationen aus den K. Preussischen Staatsarchiven; xv 368; 412; 471 in 3v pages . Verlag Von S Hirzel hardcover
Bookseller reference : 9849
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Friedrich Preuen Konig II Frederick II called Frederick the Great; Friedrich der Grosse; Voltaire; Maupertuis; Hans Droysen Fe
Nachtr�ge zu dem Briefwechsel Friedrichs des Grossen mit Maupertuis und Voltaire : Nebst Verwandten St�cken
Leipzig: Verlag von S. Hirzel. Good with no dust jacket. 1917. Hardcover. Toned UNDERLINING with some notes owner's signature on front paste-down otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover. ; Ownership signature on front paste-down of George R Havens noted scholar of the French Enlightenment and Ohio State professor. French language letters; Vorwort Anhang and footnotes in German language. Correspondence of King Frederick the Great of Prussia with Maupertuis and Voltaire. "Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis was a French mathematician philosopher and man of letters. He became the Director of the Acad�mie des Sciences and the first President of the Prussian Academy of Science at the invitation of Frederick the Great." - Wikipedia. Voltaire "moved to Potsdam to join Frederick the Great a close friend and admirer. The king had repeatedly invited him to his palace and now gave him a salary of 20000 francs a year. Though life went well at first�in 1752 he wrote Microm�gas perhaps the first piece of science fiction involving ambassadors from another planet witnessing the follies of humankind�his relationship with Frederick the Great began to deteriorate and he encountered other difficulties. An argument with Maupertuis the president of the Berlin Academy of Science provoked Voltaire's "Diatribe du docteur Akakia" "Diatribe of Doctor Akakia" which satirized some of Maupertuis' theories and his abuse of power in his persecutions of a mutual acquaintance Samuel K�nig. This greatly angered Frederick who had all copies of the document burned and Voltaire arrested at an inn where he was staying along his journey home." - Wikipedia. Documentation from the Prussian archives of Friedrich's correspondence with the principals of this significant incident of 18th century intellectual history from the library of an outstanding scholar of the period. ; Publikationen aus den K. Preussischen Staatsarchiven; Vol. 90; vii 119 pages . Verlag von S. Hirzel hardcover
Bookseller reference : 9152
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Voltaire Francois Marie Arouet de
Le si�cle de Louis XIV : Pub. par M. de Francheville
Berlin: C F Henning. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1751. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Vellum darkened and with some surface cracking light extremity wear; light foxing. No half-title pages. Errata page for both volumes bound at end of Vol I. Two custom owners' bookplates in first volume. Solid hardcovers. ; French language. Half vellum binding with marbled boards. Two of two volumes complete. Bengesco I 1178. This work was the most researched and carefully prepared of Voltaire's works. He began work on this project in 1734 while at the Chateau Cirey put it aside in 1738 and resumed work on it in 1750. First Edition First Printing of Voltaire's pioneering historical study of the age of King Louis XIV published while Voltaire was resident at the court of King Frederick II of Prussia.; xii 488 2 errata; ii 466 in 2v pages . C F Henning hardcover
Bookseller reference : BOOKS000541I
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Voltaire Frank J. Morlock Translator
Socrates: A Play in Three Acts
Borgo Press 2009-10-28. Paperback. Good. Borgo Press paperback
Bookseller reference : SONG1434457400 ISBN : 1434457400 9781434457400
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Voltaire
Affaire Calas Et Autres Folio Domaine Public French Edition
Gallimard Education 1975-05-01. GALLIMARD. Mass Market Paperback. Acceptable. Gallimard Education paperback
Bookseller reference : SONG2070366723 ISBN : 2070366723 9782070366729
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Voltaire
Philosophical Dictionary
Barner and Noble 2006. light edge wear o/w contents are clean questions the existing social and religious order. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" Tall. Barner and Noble Paperback
Bookseller reference : 010128 ISBN : 0760771766 9780760771761
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Voltaire
Histoire de Charles XII et Histoire de Russie sous Pierre le Grand
Librairie de Firmin Didot Frères Paris 1850. Reprint. Contemporary Quarter Gilt Blindstamped Panelled Calf with Raised Bands. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Book 548 pages & advertisements. With frontispiece portrait of Voltaire. Marbled endpapers. Marginal water damage to last few pages. Some pages slightly foxed. Light foxing to edges. Covers somewhat worn & somewhat soiled. Spine slightly worn. Spot of damage to bottom spine. Size: 12mo. Item Type: Book. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 750 grams. Category: Antiquarian & Rare Books; Russian History & Topography; European History & Topography; Early Modern History 1600-1800; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 006852. . Librairie de Firmin Didot Frères hardcover
Bookseller reference : 006852
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Voltaire
Candide Zadig and Selected Stories. Translated and with an Introduction by Donald M Frame
London: Cassell 1962. 352pp notes and glossary. Or cloth boards in lightly rubbed dust-jacket. This selection of 16 stories shows Voltaire 'dissecting science and spiritual faith ethics and legal systems love and human vanity with a typically ruthless with'. In The Belle Sauvage Library. First UK Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Cassell Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 025103
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Francois M. Voltaire
Candide Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition Bantam Classics Pb
Turtleback Books. School & Library Binding. POOR. Noticeably used book. Heavy wear to cover. Pages contain marginal notes underlining and or highlighting. Possible ex library copy with all the markings/stickers of that library. Accessories such as CD codes toys and dust jackets may not be included. Turtleback Books unknown
Bookseller reference : 3199302248 ISBN : 0808509551 9780808509554
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Francois Voltaire
Candide Zadig and Selected Stories
Signet Classics. Mass Market Paperback. POOR. Noticeably used book. Heavy wear to cover. Pages contain marginal notes underlining and or highlighting. Possible ex library copy with all the markings/stickers of that library. Accessories such as CD codes toys and dust jackets may not be included. Signet Classics paperback
Bookseller reference : 3199295876 ISBN : 0451514106 9780451514103
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Voltaire
Candide
CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. Paperback. GOOD. Spine creases wear to binding and pages from reading. May contain limited notes underlining or highlighting that does affect the text. Possible ex library copy will have the markings and stickers associated from the library. Accessories such as CD codes toys may not be included. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform paperback
Bookseller reference : 3199259632 ISBN : 145659527X 9781456595272
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Voltaire
Micromegas L'Ingenu French text version
Dessain et Tolra. Mass Market Paperback. GOOD. Spine creases wear to binding and pages from reading. May contain limited notes underlining or highlighting that does affect the text. Possible ex library copy will have the markings and stickers associated from the library. Accessories such as CD codes toys may not be included. Dessain et Tolra paperback
Bookseller reference : 3199247322 ISBN : 2040281681 9782040281687
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Voltaire
Candide
CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. Paperback. GOOD. Spine creases wear to binding and pages from reading. May contain limited notes underlining or highlighting that does affect the text. Possible ex library copy will have the markings and stickers associated from the library. Accessories such as CD codes toys may not be included. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform paperback
Bookseller reference : 3199298787 ISBN : 1475197780 9781475197785
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Voltaire
La Semiramide del Signor di Voltaire Trasportata in Versi Italiani dal sig. Abate Melchiorere Cesarotti
No Registra 1771-01-01. paperback. Good. TW1 - Un volumen escrito en italiano que contiene 112 p�ginas - R�stico de �poca - Tapas sucias con manchas y desgastadas - Bordes gastados con cortes y mermas - Barbas - Canto superior con mancha - Aceptable No Registra paperback
Bookseller reference : 34335
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Voltaire
Prix de la Justice et de L�Humanit�
No Registra 1778-01-01. unbound. Good. OE21 - Ferney - Contiene 4;120 p�ginas - Ejemplar sin encuadernar - Grabado del autor en el frontispicio - Regular estado No Registra unknown
Bookseller reference : 26186
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Voltaire
Cuentos completos en prosa y verso/ Complete Stories In Prose And Verse Clasicos/ Classics Spanish Edition
Sinai 2007-09-30. Paperback. Good. Sinai paperback
Bookseller reference : SONG8483464306 ISBN : 8483464306 9788483464304
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Voltaire
Contes en Vers Satires et Po�sies M�l�es
A. Hiard 1831-01-01. hardcover. Good. TE11 - Par�s - Contiene 561 p�ginas - Encuadernado en carton� - Hojas presentan leves manchas de �xido - Buen estado A. Hiard hardcover
Bookseller reference : 18494
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M. de Voltaire
La Henriade en Dix Chants Avec La Dissertation sur la Mort D'Henri IV
No Registra 1789-01-01. leatherbound. Good. OE41 - London - Contiene 215 p�ginas - Grabado en el frontispicio de Henri IV - Encuadernado en cuero completo con ornamentos dorados en el lomo - Cantos dorados - Buen estado No Registra hardcover
Bookseller reference : 14715
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Voltaire
La Henriade en dix Chants avec La Dissertation sur la mort D�Henri IV
No registra 1789-01-01. leatherbound. Good. Par�s MDCCLXXIX - TM31 - Ilustraci�n - 210 p�ginas - Encuadernado en cuero completo - Lomo y puntas gastadas - Buen estado. No registra hardcover
Bookseller reference : 1748
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Voltaire
Novelas y Cuentos
Ediciones de la Universidad de Puerto Rico 1956-01-01. leatherbound. Good. LC4A - 742 p�ginas - Traducci�n prefacio estudio biogr�fico y notas de Antonio Espina - L�minas - Encuadernado en medio cuero - Puntas gastadas - Buen estado. Ediciones de la Universidad de Puerto Rico hardcover
Bookseller reference : 1557
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Voltaire
Oeuvres Compl�tes de Voltaire
No registra 1843-01-01. leatherbound. Good. A Paris - TBK2 - Nouvelle �dition - 42 vol�menes - Grabado frontispicio - Hojas presentan pintas de �xido - Encuadernado en cuero completo caf� - Puntas y lomo gastados - Algunos tomos presentan lomo deteriorado - Buen estado. No registra hardcover
Bookseller reference : 6800
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Voltaire
Histoire de Charles XII Roi de Suede a l'Usage des Maisons d'Education
Tours: Alfred Mame et Fils 1872. No Statement of Printing. . Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. A Good copy in elaborately decorated hard covers worn at the spine tips. Tanning/foxing at the first and last few pages. A sound reading copy. No dust jacket. Text in French. <br/> <br/> Alfred Mame et Fils hardcover
Bookseller reference : 048381
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Voltaire Frank J. Morlock Translator
Oedipus: A Play in Five Acts
Borgo Press 2012-03-29. Paperback. Good. Borgo Press paperback
Bookseller reference : SONG1434444422 ISBN : 1434444422 9781434444424
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Voltaire; Editor Andrew Moore
The Princess of Babylon French Classics
Mondial 2008-07-16. Paperback. Good. Mondial paperback
Bookseller reference : SONG1595690999 ISBN : 1595690999 9781595690999
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Voltaire
Le Fanatisme Ou Mahomet Le Prophete: Tragedie 1743 French Edition
Kessinger Publishing LLC 2009-04-02. Hardcover. Good. Kessinger Publishing, LLC hardcover
Bookseller reference : SONG1104270544 ISBN : 1104270544 9781104270544
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Voltaire
Candide Wordsworth Classics
Wordsworth Edition. Paperback. GOOD. Spine creases wear to binding and pages from reading. May contain limited notes underlining or highlighting that does affect the text. Possible ex library copy will have the markings and stickers associated from the library. Accessories such as CD codes toys may not be included. Wordsworth Edition paperback
Bookseller reference : 3198509499 ISBN : 1853260630 9781853260636
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Francois Marie Arouet Voltaire
The Complete Romances of Voltaire
Kessinger Publishing LLC. Hardcover. POOR. Noticeably used book. Heavy wear to cover. Pages contain marginal notes underlining and or highlighting. Possible ex library copy with all the markings/stickers of that library. Accessories such as CD codes toys and dust jackets may not be included. Kessinger Publishing, LLC hardcover
Bookseller reference : 3198545828 ISBN : 1161400982 9781161400984
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Voltaire
Candide
Bantam Books. Paperback. GOOD. Spine creases wear to binding and pages from reading. May contain limited notes underlining or highlighting that does affect the text. Possible ex library copy will have the markings and stickers associated from the library. Accessories such as CD codes toys may not be included. Bantam Books paperback
Bookseller reference : 3198482918 ISBN : 0553210289 9780553210286
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Voltaire
Candide Wisehouse Classics - with Illustrations by Jean-Michel Moreau
Wisehouse Classics. Paperback. GOOD. Spine creases wear to binding and pages from reading. May contain limited notes underlining or highlighting that does affect the text. Possible ex library copy will have the markings and stickers associated from the library. Accessories such as CD codes toys may not be included. Wisehouse Classics paperback
Bookseller reference : 3198534192 ISBN : 9176371069 9789176371060
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Voltaire
Candide: or Optimism
Yale University Press. Used - Very Good. 2006. 1st Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Yale University Press paperback
Bookseller reference : DD0002312 ISBN : 0300119879 9780300119879
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Voltaire
L'affaire Calas-Prface de Jacques Van Den Heuvel
Gallimard. Used - Good. Ships from the UK. Shows some signs of wear and may have some markings on the inside. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Your purchase also supports literacy charities. Gallimard unknown
Bookseller reference : GRP105708865
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Voltaire
Candide or Optimism A Limited Edition; A Volume in the One Hundred Greatest Books of All Time Series
Franklin Library 1978. No Additional Printings Listed. Leather Binding. very good/No Jacket. Sylvain Sauvage. NOT an ex library book. Full leather book with raised bands across spine title and decoration in bright gold gilt on all three edges. Moire endpapers have fade on edges. Clean interior pages. with ribbon marker. Franklin Library hardcover
Bookseller reference : 128858
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Voltaire
Oeuvres Completes De Voltaire.: Oreste. Rome Sauvée Ou Catilina. L'orphelin De La Chine. Tanerede French Edition
Nabu Press. Used - Like New. Used - Like New. Ships from UK in 48 hours or less usually same day. Your purchase helps support the African Children's Educational Trust A-CET. 100% money back guarantee. We are a world class secondhand bookstore based in Hertfordshire United Kingdom and specialize in high quality textbooks across an enormous variety of subjects. We aim to provide a vast range of textbooks rare and collectible books at a great price. Through our work with A-CET we have helped give hundreds of young people in Africa the vital chance to get an education. We provide a 100% money back guarantee and are dedicated to providing our customers with the highest standards of service in the bookselling industry. Nabu Press unknown
Bookseller reference : Z1-E-001-00681 ISBN : 114729027x 9781147290271
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Voltaire
Oedipus: A Play in Five Acts
Borgo Press. Paperback. Used; Good. Simply Brit Shipped with Premium postal service within 24 hours from the UK with impressive delivery time. We have dispatched from our book depository; items of good condition to over ten million satisfied customers worldwide. We are committed to providing you with reliable and efficient service at all times. 02/22/2012 Borgo Press paperback
Bookseller reference : 1605642 ISBN : 1434444422 9781434444424
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Voltaire
La Princesse de Babylone et Autres Contes Bibliotheque de Cluny Volume 44
Editions de Cluny Paris 1942. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Small book; moderate wear pages tanned; name inside; a good sound binding. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Standard Weight. Category: French; Inventory No: 144324. . Editions de Cluny hardcover
Bookseller reference : 144324
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VOLTAIRE Notes et Bibliographies Etablis Par Rene Groos
ROMANS ET CONTES Edition Integrale
FRANCESTOWN NH: BIBLIOTHEQUE DE LA PLEIADE 1954. FRENCH TEXT BLUE LIMP BOARDS WITH CARDBOARD SLIPCASE. IMITATION LEATHER. VG/VG. BIBLIOTHEQUE DE LA PLEIADE
Bookseller reference : 009630
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Voltaire
Candide Ou L'Optimisme
Natl Textbook Co 1985-06. Paperback. Good. Natl Textbook Co paperback
Bookseller reference : SONG0844210765 ISBN : 0844210765 9780844210766
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Voltaire Francois Marie Arouet de; Aldington Richard; Morand Paul
Candide; or The Optimist The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written
The Easton Press 1977. Full-Leather. Near Fine/No Jacket. Sauvage Sylvain. 1977 Full-Leather. We have more books available by this author!. xix 1 131 7 pp. Tall 8vo. Dark grey full leather gilt titles and decorations all edges gilt silk moire endpapers ribbon marker bound in. Translated from the French by Richard Aldington with an introduction by Paul Morand. Color frontispiece and color and black-and-white illustrations by Sylvain Sauvage. Candide 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 the teachings of his distinguished tutor Dr. Pangloss -- all is not always for the best. Alive with wit brilliance and graceful storytelling Candide has become Voltaire's most celebrated work. "Candide is a French satire first published in 1759 by Voltaire a philosopher of the Age of Enlightenment. The novella has been widely translated with English versions titled Candide: or All for the Best 1759; Candide: or The Optimist 1762; and Candide: or Optimism 1947. It begins with a young man Candide who is living a sheltered life in an Edenic paradise and being indoctrinated with Leibnizian optimism or simply "optimism" by his mentor Professor Pangloss. The work describes the abrupt cessation of this lifestyle followed by Candide's slow painful disillusionment as he witnesses and experiences great hardships in the world. Voltaire concludes with Candide if not rejecting optimism outright advocating a deeply practical precept "we must cultivate our garden" in lieu of the Leibnizian mantra of Pangloss "all is for the best" in the "best of all possible worlds".Candide is characterised by its sarcastic tone as well as by its erratic fantastical and fast-moving plot. A picaresque novel with a story similar to that of a more serious bildungsroman it parodies many adventure and romance clichés the struggles of which are caricatured in a tone that is mordantly matter-of-fact. Still the events discussed are often based on historical happenings such as the Seven Years' War and the 1755 Lisbon earthquake. As philosophers of Voltaire's day contended with the problem of evil so too does Candide in this short novel albeit more directly and humorously. Voltaire ridicules religion theologians governments armies philosophies and philosophers through allegory; most conspicuously he assaults Leibniz and his optimism.As expected by Voltaire Candide has enjoyed both great success and great scandal. Immediately after its secretive publication the book was widely banned because it contained religious blasphemy political sedition and intellectual hostility hidden under a thin veil of naïveté. However with its sharp wit and insightful portrayal of the human condition the novel has since inspired many later authors and artists to mimic and adapt it. Today Candide is recognized as Voltaire's magnum opus and is often listed as part of the Western canon; it is arguably taught more than any other work of French literature. Martin Seymour-Smith has listed Candide as one of The 100 Most Influential Books Ever Written. The Easton Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 2291373
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Voltaire Francois Marie Arouet
Candide: A Dual-Language Book
Dover 1993. Trade Paperback. Good. Wrappers rubbed. 1993 Trade Paperback. Evergreen in its appeal Candide makes us laugh at human folly and marvel at our reluctance to face reality and the truth. Voltaire's brilliant satire first published in Paris in 1759 is relentless and unsparing. Virtue and vice religion and romance philosophy and science Dover paperback
Bookseller reference : 2266109 ISBN : 0486276252 9780486276250
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