Candide and Other Stories

This well-established selection of Voltaire's philosophical stories is now updated and expanded to include the verse tale What Pleases the Ladies The most extensive one-volume selection currently available. Revised introduction reflects recent critical debates and includes a new section on Voltaire's verse tales, increasingly seen as belonging with his prose tales. Revised notes and updated bibliography. New to this Edition: A verse translation of Ce qui plait aux dames' (What Pleases the Ladies), Voltaire's best verse tale. Updated translations, revised introduction and notes, and updated bibliography.