{"product_id":"9780140455106","title":"Candide, or Optimism","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor(s): Voltaire, \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 25\/05\/2006,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 208 pages, maps,\u003cbr\u003e Series: N\/A, \u003cbr\u003eImprint: Penguin Classics,\u003cbr\u003e Published By: Penguin Books Ltd,\u003cbr\u003e Book Classification: Classic fiction, Fiction in translation\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780140455106\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn Candide, Voltaire threw down an audacious challenge to the philosophical views of the Enlightenment to create one of the most glorious satires of the eighteenth century. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHis eponymous hero is an innocent young man whose tutor, Pangloss, has instilled in him the belief that 'all is for the best'. But when his love for the Baron's rosy-cheeked daughter is discovered, Candide is cast out to make his own fortune.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAs he and his various companions roam over the world, an outrageous series of disasters - earthquakes, syphilis, the Inquisition - sorely test the young hero's optimism, holding a mirror up to all fanatics, zealots and moral reformers of humankind. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTranslated and Edited by Theo Cuffe with an Introduction by Michael Wood\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Winstones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":35021305938073,"sku":"9780140455106","price":7.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0423\/0240\/6809\/products\/9780140455106.jpg?v=1602540954","url":"https:\/\/winstonebooks.pro\/products\/9780140455106","provider":"Winstone's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}