CANDIDE

作者: Voltaire

出版社: Pocket

出版时间: 2005-05

版次: 1

ISBN: 9781416500308

定价: 25.00

装帧: 平装

开本: 32开

纸张: 胶版纸

页数: 175页

分类: 外文古旧书>英文书>文学

A philosopher and his disciple journey to find "the best of all possible worlds" in this classic work of eighteenth-century satire.

  EACH ENRICHED CLASSIC EDITION INCLUDES:

  • A concise introduction that gives readers important background information

  • A chronology of the author's life and work

  • A timeline of significant events that provides the book's historical context

  • An outline of key themes and plot points to help readers form their own interpretations

  • Detailed explanatory notes

  • Critical analysis, including modern perspectives on the work

  • Discussion questions to promote lively classroom and book group interaction

  • A list of recommended related books and films to broaden the reader's experience

  Enriched Classics offer readers affordable editions of great works of literature enhanced by helpful notes and insightful commentary. The scholarship provided in Enriched Classics enables readers to appreciate, understand, and enjoy the world's finest books to their full potential. INTRODUCTION

CHRONOLOGY OF VOLTAIRE'S

  LIFE AND WORK

HISTORICAL CONTEXT OF Candide

CANDIDE

　I. HOW CANDIDE WAS BROUGHT UP IN A MAGNIFICENT CASTLE,AND HOWHE WAS EXPELLED THENCE

　II. WHAT BECAME OF CANDIDE AMONG THE BULGARIANS

　III. How CANDIDE MADE HIS ESCAPE FROM THE BULGARIANS, AND WHAT AFTERWARDS BECAME OF HIM

　IV. How CANDIDE FOUND HIS OLD MASTER PANGLOSS. AND WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM

　V.  TEMPEST, SHIPWRECK, EARTHQUAKE, AND WHAT BECAME OF DOCTOR PANGLOSS, CANDIDE, AND JAMES THE ANABAPTIST

　VI.  How THE PORTUGUESE MADE A BEAUTIFUL AUTRO-DA-FE, TO PREVENT ANY FURTHER EARTHO.UAKES: AND HOW CANDIDE WAS PUBLICLY WHIPPED

　VII. How THE OLD WOMAN TOOK CARE OF CANDIDE, AND HOW HE FOUND THE OBJECT HE LOVED

　VIII. THE HISTORY OF CUNEGONDE

　IX. WHAT BECAME OF CUNEGONDE CANDIDE, THE GRAND INQUISITOR,AND THE JEW

　X. IN WHAT DISTRESS CANDIDE,CUNEGONDE, AND THE OLD WOMAN ARRIVED AT CADIZ; AND OF THEIR EMBARKATION

　XI. HISTORY OF THE OLD WOMAN

　XII. THE ADVENTURES OF THE OLD WOMAN CONTINUED

　XIII. How CANDIDE WAS FORCED AWAY FROM FAIR CUNEGONDE AND THE OLD WOMAN

　XIV. How CANDIDE AND CACAMBO WERE RECEIVED BY THE JESUITS OF PARAGUAY

　XV. How CANDIDE KILLED THE BROTHER OF HIS DEAR CUNEGONDE

　XVI. ADVENTURES OF THE TWO TRAVELLERS, WITH Two GIRLS, TWO MONKEYS, AND THE SAVAGES CALLED OREILLONS

　……

NOTES

INTERPRETIVE NOTES

CRITICAL EXCERPTS

QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION

SUGGESTIONS FOR THE

INTERESTED READER
内容简介:
A philosopher and his disciple journey to find "the best of all possible worlds" in this classic work of eighteenth-century satire.

  EACH ENRICHED CLASSIC EDITION INCLUDES:

  • A concise introduction that gives readers important background information

  • A chronology of the author's life and work

  • A timeline of significant events that provides the book's historical context

  • An outline of key themes and plot points to help readers form their own interpretations

  • Detailed explanatory notes

  • Critical analysis, including modern perspectives on the work

  • Discussion questions to promote lively classroom and book group interaction

  • A list of recommended related books and films to broaden the reader's experience

  Enriched Classics offer readers affordable editions of great works of literature enhanced by helpful notes and insightful commentary. The scholarship provided in Enriched Classics enables readers to appreciate, understand, and enjoy the world's finest books to their full potential.
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INTRODUCTION

CHRONOLOGY OF VOLTAIRE'S

  LIFE AND WORK

HISTORICAL CONTEXT OF Candide

CANDIDE

　I. HOW CANDIDE WAS BROUGHT UP IN A MAGNIFICENT CASTLE,AND HOWHE WAS EXPELLED THENCE

　II. WHAT BECAME OF CANDIDE AMONG THE BULGARIANS

　III. How CANDIDE MADE HIS ESCAPE FROM THE BULGARIANS, AND WHAT AFTERWARDS BECAME OF HIM

　IV. How CANDIDE FOUND HIS OLD MASTER PANGLOSS. AND WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM

　V.  TEMPEST, SHIPWRECK, EARTHQUAKE, AND WHAT BECAME OF DOCTOR PANGLOSS, CANDIDE, AND JAMES THE ANABAPTIST

　VI.  How THE PORTUGUESE MADE A BEAUTIFUL AUTRO-DA-FE, TO PREVENT ANY FURTHER EARTHO.UAKES: AND HOW CANDIDE WAS PUBLICLY WHIPPED

　VII. How THE OLD WOMAN TOOK CARE OF CANDIDE, AND HOW HE FOUND THE OBJECT HE LOVED

　VIII. THE HISTORY OF CUNEGONDE

　IX. WHAT BECAME OF CUNEGONDE CANDIDE, THE GRAND INQUISITOR,AND THE JEW

　X. IN WHAT DISTRESS CANDIDE,CUNEGONDE, AND THE OLD WOMAN ARRIVED AT CADIZ; AND OF THEIR EMBARKATION

　XI. HISTORY OF THE OLD WOMAN

　XII. THE ADVENTURES OF THE OLD WOMAN CONTINUED

　XIII. How CANDIDE WAS FORCED AWAY FROM FAIR CUNEGONDE AND THE OLD WOMAN

　XIV. How CANDIDE AND CACAMBO WERE RECEIVED BY THE JESUITS OF PARAGUAY

　XV. How CANDIDE KILLED THE BROTHER OF HIS DEAR CUNEGONDE

　XVI. ADVENTURES OF THE TWO TRAVELLERS, WITH Two GIRLS, TWO MONKEYS, AND THE SAVAGES CALLED OREILLONS

　……

NOTES

INTERPRETIVE NOTES

CRITICAL EXCERPTS

QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION

SUGGESTIONS FOR THE

INTERESTED READER

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