The Two Trick Pony
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Translated by Roger Pearson
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ABOUT THE BOOK
Candide is the most famous of Voltaire’s ‘philosophical tales’, in which he combined witty improbabilities with the sanest good sense. First published in 1759, it was an instant bestseller and has come to be regarded as one of the key texts of the Enlightenment.
What Candide does for the chivalric romance, the other tales in this selection – Micromégas, Zadig, The Ingenu and The White Bull – do for science fiction, the Oriental tale, the sentimental novel and the Old Testament. This generous edition also includes Voltaire’s verse story based on Chaucer’s Wife of Bath, What Pleases the Ladies, with an introduction and notes by Roger Pearson.
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