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Overview
This Norton Critical Edition includes:
- Robert M. Adams’s translation, which renders French intent in English idiom, preserving the novella’s provocative humor, accompanied by explanatory annotations for a contemporary audience.
- An introduction by Nicholas Cronk, about Candide’s themes and relationship to Enlightenment values.
- A rich “Backgrounds” section, newly featuring excerpts from the influential essays of Alexander Pope and John Locke, and including an article by Gillian Pink, written for this edition, about Candide’s composition.
- Critical essays exploring Candide’s style, genre, satire, and position in the globally commercial and colonial 18th century.
- An updated selected bibliography and, for the first time, a chronology of Voltaire’s life and times.
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Details
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
03/13/2026
ISBN-10:
1324059591
ISBN-13:
9781324059592
Pages:
336
Publisher:
W. W. Norton & Company