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Candide

by Voltaire

First Edition ©1999

ISBN-10: 0-312-14854-2
ISBN-13: 978-0-312-14854-6
Paper Text, 138 pages

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  Foreword
  Preface
    
PART I. INTRODUCTION: THE PARADOXES OF VOLTAIRE
    
  The Duality of Voltaire
  Voltaire and the Old Regime
    Absolute Monarchy
    Nobility
    Religion
    
  Candide
    The Unhappy Voltaire
    Voltaire against Leibniz
    Ridicule, Sex, Irony
    
    Note on Voltaire's Vocabulary and the Present Translation
    
    Illustrations
    
PART II. CANDIDE, OR OPTIMISM
    
PART III. RELATED DOCUMENTS
    Voltaire, Letter to Catherine-Olympe du Noyer, November 28, 1713
    Voltaire, Letter to Frederick, Crown Prince of Prussia, October 15, 1737
    Voltaire, Letter to François-Thomas-Marie de Baculard d'Arnaud, October 14, 1749
    Voltaire, Letter to Jean-Robert Tronchin, November 24, 1755
    Omer Joly de Fleury, Letter to Henry-Léonard-Jean-Baptiste Bertin, February 24, 1759
    Voltaire, Letter to Gabriel and Philibert Cramer, February 25, 1759
    Elie Fréron, Review of Candide, 1759
    
APPENDICES
  A Voltaire Chronology (1694–1791)
  Questions for Consideration
  Selected Bibliography
    
  Index of Key Concepts

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