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471 pages • first pub 1759 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781904919940
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Collector’s Library
Publication date: 14 September 2006
Description
Voltaire was an angry man, but he knew the power of laughter. In Candide, his bellow of rage against the unceasing brutality of the Age of Reason, he chooses to ridicule as his primary weapon. Millionaire, courtier, jailbird and genius, Voltaire l...
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471 pages • first pub 1759 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781904919940
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Collector’s Library
Publication date: 14 September 2006
Description
Voltaire was an angry man, but he knew the power of laughter. In Candide, his bellow of rage against the unceasing brutality of the Age of Reason, he chooses to ridicule as his primary weapon. Millionaire, courtier, jailbird and genius, Voltaire l...