Candide and other stories /
Candide is the most famous of Voltaire's 'philosophical tales', in which he combined witty improbabilities with the sanest of good sense. This edition includes four other prose tales - Micromegas, Zadig, The Ing--ecirc--;nu, and The White Bull - and a verse tale based on Chaucer'...
| Основен автор: | Voltaire, 1694-1778. |
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| Други автори: | Pearson, Roger. |
| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English French |
| Публикувано: |
Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2006.
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| Издание: | New ed. |
| Серия: |
Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press)
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=257848 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Candide and other stories. |
| Резюме: |
Candide is the most famous of Voltaire's 'philosophical tales', in which he combined witty improbabilities with the sanest of good sense. This edition includes four other prose tales - Micromegas, Zadig, The Ing--ecirc--;nu, and The White Bull - and a verse tale based on Chaucer's The Wife of Bath's Tale, : What Pleases the Ladies. - ;'If this is the best of all possible worlds, then what must the others be like?'. Young Candide is tossed on a hilarious tide of misfortune, experiencing the full horror and injustice of this 'best of all possible worlds' - the Old and the New - before finally acc. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (1, 301 pages). |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages xlv-xlvii). Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: |
9780191517709 0191517704 |