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Candide En Dannemarc, Ou lOptimisme Des HonnTes Gens: Voltaire

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Publishing Details

Full Title:

Candide En Dannemarc, Ou lOptimisme Des HonnTes Gens: Voltaire

Contributors:

By (Author) Edouard Langille

ISBN:

9780719081903

Publisher:

Manchester University Press

Imprint:

Manchester University Press

Publication Date:

1st December 2009

Country:

United Kingdom

Classifications

Readership:

General

Dewey:

843.5

Physical Properties

Physical Format:

Paperback

Number of Pages:

192

Dimensions:

Width 138mm, Height 216mm

Description

Published in Rouen in 1767 and reprinted two years later, Voltaire's Candide en Dannemarc, ou l'optimisme des honnetes gens wraps up the adventures of Candide. Turning his back on both Voltairean satire and scepticism, the novelist proposes a moralistic fable - the focal point of which is a rehabilitation of Leibniz's Theory of Optimism. The main body of the novel tells the story of Candide and his new wife, the noble Zenoide, in their sumptuous Copenhagen townhouse. Before achieving this happy state, however, the couple endures various trials and tribulations reminiscent of the newly minted gothic genre. Candide en Dannemarc also features a satirical portrait of Jean-Jacques Rousseau. -- .

Author Bio

Aedouard M. Langille is Professor of French Language and Literature at the St Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada

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