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Candide, or, Optimism /

"In this new translation of Voltaire's Candide, distinguished translator Burton Raffel captures the French novel's irreverent spirit and offers a vivid, contemporary version of the 250-year-old text. Raffel casts the novel in an English idiom that - had Voltaire been a twenty-first-ce...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Voltaire, 1694-1778
Otros Autores: Raffel, Burton
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Francés
Publicado: New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2005.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • How Candide was raised in a noble mansion, and how he was driven
  • What happened to Candide among the Bulgars
  • How Candide saved himself from the Bulgars, and what became of him
  • How Candide met his old philosophy teacher, Doctor Pangloss, and what had happened to him
  • Tempest, shipwreck, earthquake, and what happened to Doctor Pangloss, Candide, and Jacques the Anabaptist
  • How they had a beautiful auto-da-fé in order to put an end to the earthquake, and how Candide was flogged
  • How an old woman took care of Candide and how he got back his beloved
  • Cunégonde's story
  • What happened to Cunégonde, to Candide, to the Grand Inquisitor, and to a Jew
  • In what difficulty Candide, Cunégonde, and the old woman reached Cadiz, and how they boarded a ship
  • The old woman's story
  • More about the old woman's misfortunes
  • How Candide was forced to leave lovely Cunégonde and the old woman
  • How Candide and Cacambo were greeted by the Jesuits of Paraguay
  • How Candide killed his dear Cunégonde's brother
  • What happened to the two travelers with two girls, two monkeys, and the savages known as Oreillons
  • Arrival of Candide and his valet in the land of Eldorado, and what they saw there
  • What they saw in Eldorado
  • How they got to Surinam, and how Candide came to know Martin
  • What happened at sea to Candide and Martin
  • Candide and Martin approach the French coast and argue
  • What happened to Candide and Martin in France
  • Candide and Martin reach the British coast, and what they see there
  • Paquette and Friar Giroflée
  • Visit to Lord Pococuranté, a nobleman of Venice
  • A dinner that Candide and Martin shared with six foreigners, and who they were
  • Candide's journey to Constantinople
  • What happened to Candide, Cunégonde, Pangloss, Martin, etc.
  • How Candide found Cunégonde and the old woman.