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Candideby Voltaire, Rockwell KentISBN 0679642587 (0-679-64258-7)
Hardcover, Random House Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Candide'Book summary:Political satire doesn't age well, but occasionally a diatribe contains enough art and universal mirth to survive long after its timeliness has passed. Candide is such a book. Penned by that Renaissance man of the Enlightenment, Voltaire, Candide is steeped in the political and philosophical controversies of the 1750s. But for the general reader, the novel's driving principle is clear enough: the idea (endemic in Voltaire's day) that we live in the best of all possible worlds, and apparent folly, misery and strife are actually harbingers of a greater good we cannot perceive, is hogwash.
Telling the tale of the good-natured but star-crossed Candide (think Mr. Magoo armed with deadly force), as he travels the world struggling to be reunited with his love, Lady Cunegonde, the novel smashes such ill-conceived optimism to splinters. Candide's tutor, Dr. Pangloss, is steadfast in his philosophical good cheer, in the face of more and more fantastic misfortune; Candide's other companions always supply good sense in the nick of time. Still, as he demolishes optimism, Voltaire pays tribute to human resilience, and in doing so gives the book a pleasant indomitability common to farce. Says one character, a princess turned one-buttocked hag by unkind Fate: "I have wanted to kill myself a hundred times, but somehow I am still in love with life. This ridiculous weakness is perhaps one of our most melancholy propensities; for is there anything more stupid than to be eager to go on carrying a burden which one would gladly throw away, to loathe one's very being and yet to hold it fast, to fondle the snake that devours us until it has eaten our hearts away?"--Michael Gerber [via]
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Complete Works of William Shakespeareby Voltaire, Rockwell KentISBN 0385000499 (0-385-00049-9)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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Distant Shores: The Odyssey of Rockwell Kentby Rockwell Kent , Richard V. West, Constance Martin, Norman Rockwell Museum at StockbridgeISBN 0520227123 (0-520-22712-3)
Softcover, Univ of California Pr
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The Illustrations of Rockwell Kent: 231 Examples from Books, Magazines and Advertising Artby Rockwell Kent , Fridolf Johnson, John F. H. GortonISBN 0486233057 (0-486-23305-7)
Hardcover, Dover Publications
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It's Me, O Lord: The Autobiography of Rockwell Kentby Rockwell KentISBN 0306774127 (0-306-77412-7)
Hardcover, Perseus Books
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Moby Dick Or, the Whaleby Herman Melville, Rockwell KentISBN 067978327X (0-679-78327-X)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Moby Dick Or, the Whale'Book summary:Avec Moby Dick, Melville a donné naissance à un livre-culte et inscrit dans la mémoire des hommes un nouveau mythe : celui de la baleine blanche. Fort de son expérience de marin, qui a nourri ses romans précédents et lui a assuré le succès, l'écrivain américain, alors en pleine maturité, raconte la folle quête du capitaine Achab et sa dernière rencontre avec le grand cachalot. Véritable encyclopédie de la mer, nouvelle Bible aux accents prophétiques, parabole chargée de thèmes universels, Moby Dick n'en reste pas moins construit avec une savante maîtrise, maintenant un suspense lent, qui s'accélère peu à peu jusqu'à l'apocalypse finale. L'écriture de Melville, infiniment libre et audacieuse, tour à tour balancée, puis hachée au rythme des houles, des vents et des passions humaines, est d'une richesse exceptionnelle. Il faut remonter à Shakespeare pour trouver l'exemple d'une langue aussi inventive, d'une poésie aussi grandiose. --Scarbo [via]
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Moby-Dickby Herman Melville, Rockwell KentISBN 0394608046 (0-394-60804-6)
Hardcover, Random House Publishing Group
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N by Eby Rockwell KentISBN 0766198324 (0-7661-9832-4)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co
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A Northern Christmasby Rockwell KentISBN 0819563625 (0-8195-6362-5)
Hardcover, Wesleyan Univ Pr
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Paul Bunyanby Esther Shephard, Rockwell KentISBN 0152058575 (0-15-205857-5)
Softcover, Harcourt Childrens Books
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The Prints of Rockwell Kent: Catalogue Raisonneby Rockwell Kent , Dan Burne JonesISBN 0226406237 (0-226-40623-7)
Hardcover, University of Chicago Press
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Rockwell Kent: The Newfoundland Workby Rockwell Kent , Fridolf JohnsonISBN 0002166593 (0-00-216659-3)
Hardcover, HarperCollins Publishers Limited
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Voyaging: Southward from the Strait of Magellanby Rockwell KentISBN 0819564095 (0-8195-6409-5)
Softcover, Wesleyan University Press
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Wilderness: A Journal of Quiet Adventure in Alaskaby Rockwell KentISBN 0819552933 (0-8195-5293-3)
Softcover, Wesleyan Univ Pr
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