CANDIDE (Franklin Library 100 Greatest books of all time 1978)

CANDIDE (Franklin Library 100 Greatest books of all time 1978)

Voltaire

A French satire first published in 1759 by Voltaire, a philosopher of the Age of Enlightenment. It begins with a young man, Candide, who is living a sheltered life in an Edenic paradise and being indoctrinated with 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.

This book comes with the original booklet ‘Notes from the Editors’.

Features:

• Franklin Library 100 Greatest Books of all Time Limited Edition
• Publisher Franklin Library, Pennsylvania; 1978
• Leather Hardback with Gilt Page Edges, Silk Endpapers, Silk Bookmark, 215pp
• With the illustrations of Sylvain Sauvage
• Size 230 x 155mm, 1000g