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Candide, ou, L'optimisme

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"Critical edition and introduction by Edouard Langille Pastiche, imitation but also a continuation of Voltaire's most celebrated tale, Candide, seconde partie picks up many of the original's themes. Leibniz, Descartes and Newton are gently mocked; Pascal is accused of trying …

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"Critical edition and introduction by Edouard Langille Pastiche, imitation but also a continuation of Voltaire's most celebrated tale, Candide, seconde partie picks up many of the original's themes. Leibniz, Descartes and Newton are gently mocked; Pascal is accused of trying to make us hate humankind. If it cannot begin to compare with Voltaire's masterpiece, the tale is nonetheless an amusing and instructive imitation."--BOOK JACKET.

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""Critical edition and introduction by Edouard Langille Pastiche, imitation but also a continuation of Voltaire's most celebrated tale, Candide, seconde partie picks up many of the original's themes. Leibniz, Descartes …"

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