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Candide, or, Optimism

By Voltaire, (Translator) Peter Constantine
Candide, or, Optimism

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Authors: Voltaire, (Translator) Peter Constantine
Copyright: 2005
Format: Hardcover
GTIN13: 9780679643135
ISBN10: 0679643133
Publisher: Modern Library

Strand Notes

In this splendid new translation of Voltaire's satiric masterpiece, all the celebrated wit, irony, and treachant social commentary of one of the great works of the Enlightenment is restored and refreshed. Peter Constantine was awarded the 1998 PEN Translation Award for "Six Early Stories" by Thomas Mann and the 1999 National Translation Award for "The Undiscovered Chekhov: Forty-Three New Stories."

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In this splendid new translation of Voltaire's satiric masterpiece, all the celebrated wit, irony, and treachant social commentary of one of the great works of the Enlightenment is restored and refreshed. Peter Constantine was awarded the 1998 PEN Translation Award for "Six Early Stories" by Thomas Mann and the 1999 National Translation Award for "The Undiscovered Chekhov: Forty-Three New Stories."
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