{"product_id":"9781847497284-candide-new-translation","title":"Candide: New Translation","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNewly Translated and Annotated (Alma Classics Evergreens)\u003cbr\u003eThis edition of Candide is here presented in a brand-new translation which contains extra material with pictures and a section on Voltaire's life and work.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eCandide is an innocent young nobleman who leads an idyllic, sheltered life and has adopted the optimistic mindset promoted by his tutor Dr Pangloss. But after committing an indiscretion and being expelled from his family home, Candide finds himself on a journey that will take him to Portugal, Argentina, Britain and Turkey and expose him to torture, war, shipwreck and natural disasters, leading him to question whether he is really living in the “best of possible worlds”.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePublished in 1759, when it became a best-seller and stirred up much controversy, \u003ci\u003eCandide \u003c\/i\u003eis an exhilarating picaresque romp and a biting satire by one of the Enlightenment’s major figures that still resonates to this day.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56449876787574,"sku":"9781847497284","price":7.01,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_27513899.jpg?v=1760446826","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781847497284-candide-new-translation","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}