| Editions | About these Editions |
|---|---|
Voltaire, Candide: Or Optimism, trans. John Butt (1947).http://www.amazon.com/Candide-Optimism-Penguin-Classics-Voltaire/dp/0140440046/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1288107861&sr=1-1 |
This is our recommended edition. This 1947 translation by John Everett Butt provides a clear and stylish English equivalent for the mordant original. This edition has an introduction by the translator, a noted scholar and literary editor, who was Regius Professor of Rhetoric and English Literature at Edinburgh University. |
Voltaire, Candide ou l'Optimisme, ed. Myrna Bell Rochester and Eileen M. Angelini (2006).http://www.amazon.com/Voltaire-Candide-lOptimisme-Student-Editions/dp/1585102474/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1276784157&sr=1-1 |
An excellent modern edition of the French text, with good notes. |
Voltaire, Candide, trans. Robert M. Adams (1991).http://www.amazon.com/Candide-Norton-Critical-Voltaire/dp/0393960587/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1276784184&sr=1-1 |
A Norton Critical Edition featuring a very readable modern version that keeps some period flavor, followed by informative essays. |
Voltaire, Candide: or Optimism, trans. Theo Cuffe (2009).http://www.amazon.com/Candide-Optimism-Classics-Francois-Voltaire/dp/0140455108/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1276784206&sr=1-1 |
A new Penguin edition with a very readable translation and an excellent introduction by Princeton's Michael Wood. |
Voltaire, Candide, Zadig and Selected Stories, trans. Donald Frame, et al. (2009)http://www.amazon.com/Candide-Selected-Stories-Francois-Voltaire/dp/0451531159/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1276784239&sr=1-1 |
An excellent translation, with a good selection of other prose works by Voltaire. |
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