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Candide by Voltaire
$34.99 NZD
Category: Fiction | Series: Everyman's Library Classics Ser.
The spirit of satire flourished during the Enlightenment, and its crowning achievement was Voltaire's "Candide". It follows the worldwide encounters - with shipwrecks, earthquakes, pestilence and human insanity - of its hero and his absurd tutor, Dr Pangloss.
Candide by Voltaire
$13.99 NZD
Category: Non-fiction
After being caught kissing the Baron's daughter Cunegonde, gullible ingenue Candide is evicted from the castle where he lives to find himself wandering a world which is awash with disease, injustice, rape, pillage and slaughter; in other words he encounters all the worst aspects of the 18th century (the ...Show more
Candide, Zadig and Selected Stories by Voltaire
$8.95 NZD
Category: Classics
Franceas most distinguished man of letters This essential collection from the genius Voltaire includes his masterpiece and best-known work "Candide," as well as his novel "Zadig" and fourteen short stories: aMicromegas, a aThe World as It Is, a aMemnon, a aBababec and the Fakirs, a aHistory of Scarment ...Show more
Candide and Other Stories by Voltaire
$14.99 NZD
Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Collector's Library
With a specially commissioned afterword, the "Collector's Library" series includes a brief biography of the author, and a further reading list. This edition contains an afterword by Ned Halley.
Candide, or Optimism by Voltaire (FRANCOIS VOLTAIRE)
$20.00 NZD
Category: Fiction | Series: Penguins Classics Ser.
Theo Cuffe's marvelous translation of Voltaire's satirical masterpiece. With its vibrant new translation and perceptive introduction this new edition of Voltaire's masterpiece belongs in the hands of every reader pondering our assumptions about human behavior and our place in the world. Candide tells of ...Show more
Candide, or the Optimist (Macmillan Collector's Library) by Voltaire
$14.99 NZD
$20.00 (25% off)
Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Macmillan Collector's Library
Candide, or the Optimist is Voltaire's hilarious and deeply scathing satire on the Age of Enlightenment.Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library, a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket-sized classics with gold-foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for an ...Show more
Memoirs of the Life of Monsieur De Voltaire by Voltaire
$30.00 NZD
Category: Biography & Memoir
Voltaire's role as acclaimed author, poet, dramatist and philosopher led him to experience the personal attentions of the most illustrious men and women of his time. His irreverent, to say the least, portrayals of the leading figures of the day provide a hilarious portrait of the royal courts of Europe ...Show more
Miracles and Idolatry (Penguin Great Ideas Series) by Voltaire
$12.99 NZD
Category: Non Fiction | Series: Penguin Great Ideas
Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives - and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you t ...Show more
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