TY  - BOOK
AU  - Voltaire
TI  - Candide, or, OptimismVoltaire
SN  - 9781775413707
AV  - PQ2082 .C363 2009
PY  - 2009///
CY  - [Waiheke Island]
PB  - Floating Press
KW  - Enlightenment
KW  - 18th century
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Inquisition
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - Title from PDF title page (viewed on Oct. 28, 2010); "From a 1918 edition"--p. 2; 2; 2; b
N2  - Candide and his tutor Pangloss travel the globe trying to follow the philosophy 'All is for the best in this, the best of all possible worlds'. However, they are stung and let down at every turn, being robbed, tortured and ridiculed, amongst other trials. On hearing about their often disastrous travels, a listener feels unfortunately less than empathetic, and can't help themselves laughing out loud at this very funny account of the trail our optimistic travelers take, and at their eternal and endearing joy at the world and its potential discoveries
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