Voltaire
Summary: Contains modern translations of five stories by the eighteenth-century French author, including the title selection about a simple, optimistic man whose travels take him from one disaster to another; and includes a critical introduction and a chronology.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf 1992
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Summary: In this witty political satire, a gentleman plagued by misfortune clings to the belief that all is for the best. Voltaire mocks the eternal optimist philosophy of his day that proclaimed human and natural disasters part of a larger cosmic plan.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 2005
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Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Modern Library 2005