<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<GoodreadsResponse>
	<Request>
		<authentication>false</authentication>
		    <method><![CDATA[]]></method>
	</Request>
	
<book id="19382">
  <title><![CDATA[Candide and Other Stories (World's Classics)]]></title>
  <isbn><![CDATA[0192807269]]></isbn>
  <isbn13><![CDATA[9780192807267]]></isbn13>
    <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167204392m/19382.jpg</image_url>
    <work>
  <best_book_id type="integer">19382</best_book_id>
  <books_count type="integer">23</books_count>
  <default_description></default_description>
  <id type="integer">7097017</id>
  <media_type>book</media_type>
  <original_language_id type="integer" nil="true"></original_language_id>
  <original_publication_day type="integer" nil="true"></original_publication_day>
  <original_publication_month type="integer" nil="true"></original_publication_month>
  <original_publication_year type="integer">1759</original_publication_year>
  <original_title></original_title>
  <rating_dist>total:653|5:203|4:243|3:162|2:35|1:10|</rating_dist>
  <ratings_count type="integer">653</ratings_count>
  <ratings_sum type="integer">2553</ratings_sum>
  <reviews_count type="integer">860</reviews_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">40</text_reviews_count>
</work>

  <average_rating><![CDATA[3.91]]></average_rating>
  <ratings_count><![CDATA[524]]></ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count><![CDATA[37]]></text_reviews_count>
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19382.Candide_and_Other_Stories]]></url>
  <authors>
        <author id="11619">
      <name><![CDATA[Voltaire]]></name>
      <role><![CDATA[]]></role>
      <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/11619.Voltaire]]></url>
      <average_rating><![CDATA[3.79]]></average_rating>
      <ratings_count><![CDATA[15965]]></ratings_count>
      <text_reviews_count><![CDATA[1079]]></text_reviews_count>
    </author>
      </authors>
    <reviews start="1" end="20" total="860">
    <review id="22065164">
    <user id="840128">
    <name><![CDATA[Leila]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Brooklyn, NY]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/840128-leila]]></url>
  </user>
      <rating>3</rating>
  <votes>1</votes>
  <sell_flag>false</sell_flag>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Fri May 16 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon May 12 07:12:42 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri May 16 07:34:31 -0700 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[For some reason, I wrote &quot;I have rich lady cheekbones&quot; on the inside back cover. I have no idea why.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/22065164]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="30632900">
    <user id="1383132">
    <name><![CDATA[km]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1383132-km]]></url>
  </user>
      <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <sell_flag>false</sell_flag>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Fri Aug 29 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Aug 20 05:03:57 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Aug 31 07:39:06 -0700 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[After seeing Houdon's bust of Voltaire at the Louvre Exhibit in Atlanta, I felt the need to learn more about him.  There was just something about Voltaire's face that made me think, &quot;That man has something to share!&quot; so I went to the library and got this book.<br/><br/>I enjoyed Candide ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/30632900">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/30632900]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="30462402">
    <user id="285565">
    <name><![CDATA[Rebecca]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Austin, TX]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/285565-rebecca]]></url>
  </user>
      <rating>3</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <sell_flag>false</sell_flag>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="angry" />
        <shelf name="classics" />
        <shelf name="controversial" />
        <shelf name="humor" />
        <shelf name="literary-fiction" />
        <shelf name="philosophy-and-religion" />
        <shelf name="secularism-atheism" />
        <shelf name="witty" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[academics]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Wed Aug 20 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Aug 18 11:16:17 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Aug 20 09:18:03 -0700 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[As much credit as this book (novella, actually) typically gets, I think my expectations may have been a bit high going into it.  I had heard people say that <em>Candide</em> was absolutely hilarious, and it was referenced all the time in other books and in history classes.<br/><br/>I did think the story wa...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/30462402">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/30462402]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="9490502">
    <user id="603488">
    <name><![CDATA[Rafael]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/603488-rafael]]></url>
  </user>
      <rating>1</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <sell_flag>false</sell_flag>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="books-about-saps" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1987</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Nov 24 13:45:11 -0800 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Nov 24 13:48:28 -0800 2007</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[While I would have to agree that there is an awful lot of meat (both in terms of substance and in terms of good bawdy fun) in <em>Candide</em>, I find Candide himself so insufferable and annoying that the good stuff is lost on me.  Do I think it is an important book, a classic, a necessary part of the Canon?...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/9490502">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/9490502]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="19269198">
    <user id="289556">
    <name><![CDATA[Jackie &quot;the Librarian&quot;]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Olympia, WA]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/289556-jackie-the-librarian]]></url>
  </user>
      <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <sell_flag>false</sell_flag>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="adultfiction" />
        <shelf name="classics" />
        <shelf name="fantasy" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1984</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Apr 01 22:56:34 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Apr 01 22:56:34 -0700 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Another one I read in French class, although I cheated and got a copy of the English translation.<br/>What a wacky story! We live in the best of all possible worlds, according to Dr. Pangloss. And yet Candide suffers through trial and tribulation, and meets the victims of terrible situations. Mainl...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/19269198">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/19269198]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="4662758">
    <user id="21827">
    <name><![CDATA[Chauncey]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Bethesda, MD]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/21827-chauncey-maher]]></url>
  </user>
      <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <sell_flag>false</sell_flag>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Aug 16 16:33:27 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Aug 16 16:36:08 -0700 2007</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[The relentless avalanche of counterexamples to Leibniz's suggestion that this is the best of all possible worlds is almost exhausting.  I was happily impressed by the somewhat graphic characterization of the various horrible circumstances Candide and friends find themselves in.  I really would have ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4662758">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4662758]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="66144268">
    <user id="2530502">
    <name><![CDATA[Ryan]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Austin, TX]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2530502-ryan]]></url>
  </user>
      <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <sell_flag>false</sell_flag>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1997</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Aug 04 08:56:21 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Oct 26 14:48:43 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[I have never read Voltaire in English, which is strange considering how much I like Candide.  I am too convinced (or stubborn) that the great wit and humor of this novel will be lost in translation.  I haven't much to say for a review, but those who love this book know why they do.  As classics go, ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/66144268">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/66144268]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="26350268">
    <user id="1180394">
    <name><![CDATA[Maureen]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Athens, GA]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1180394-maureen]]></url>
  </user>
      <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <sell_flag>false</sell_flag>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="french" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[everyone]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[Mrs. Smith]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1966</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Jul 05 06:39:33 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Jul 05 07:53:21 -0700 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[I read Candide in French class, and enjoyed it enormously.  Pangloss' eternal optimism is a bit much to take, but it makes for a very entertaining read as Candide and Pangloss make their way through a downward spiral of experiences.  Voltaire is still a smart, witty writer with a joie de vivre that ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/26350268">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/26350268]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="9018113">
    <user id="93724">
    <name><![CDATA[Casper]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Netherlands]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/93724-casper]]></url>
  </user>
      <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <sell_flag>false</sell_flag>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Nov 12 13:44:07 -0800 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Nov 16 11:03:16 -0800 2007</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Reading Candide is like eating a meal that's both tasteful and healthy. You feel you're absorbing a compact treasure of philosophic thought, whilst rushing through a highly enjoyable tale. I guess Voltaire must have paid close attention to Horace's adagium of &quot;utile et dulce&quot; and I give hi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/9018113">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/9018113]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="64815521">
    <user id="1211164">
    <name><![CDATA[Dawn]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Camarillo, CA]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1211164-dawn]]></url>
  </user>
      <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <sell_flag>false</sell_flag>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Wed Sep 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Jul 24 13:05:27 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Sep 09 22:40:07 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Candide is a satirical story about optimism. Voltaire poses the question,&quot;Are evil and tragedy part of a cosmic plan that mere humans are blind to? Should we just accept our fates with the belief that everything happens for a good reason, that we live in &quot; the best of all possible worlds&quot;...]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64815521]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="32657169">
    <user id="1515087">
    <name><![CDATA[Jono]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1515087-jono-balliett]]></url>
  </user>
      <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <sell_flag>false</sell_flag>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1998</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Sep 11 19:24:30 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Sep 11 19:30:09 -0700 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[loved candide.  i couldn't put this book down and i read it in one night.  i have a bad habit of giving my favorite books away. i should have kept it.  this story is amazing and the character's unrelenting faith in human decency is a frigging riot.  this book cured me of my faith in human decency.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/32657169]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="8907664">
    <user id="611489">
    <name><![CDATA[Patrick]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/611489-patrick]]></url>
  </user>
      <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <sell_flag>false</sell_flag>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[Soccer Moms and Goth Mall Chicks alike]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Nov 09 19:13:40 -0800 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Nov 09 19:20:39 -0800 2007</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[This short classic of the Enlightenment should still be read  today for the following two reasons: 1) It's incredibly naughty, and therefore bound to please even the most devoted Anais Nin snobs, and 2) It's a more enjoyable adventure story than most movies starring the Rock. ]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/8907664]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="9939238">
    <user id="657098">
    <name><![CDATA[Adam]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Portland, OR]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/657098-adam]]></url>
  </user>
      <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <sell_flag>false</sell_flag>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[anybody who likes to laugh]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1996</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Dec 04 12:47:25 -0800 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Dec 04 12:49:18 -0800 2007</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[This book made me laugh!  Really hard.   Poor Cunegonde, who has to suffer atrocities no matter what she does, and poor Candide--who only was trying to be happy.  Anyway, the book is a real hoot--think Hitchhiker's guide written in the 17th century.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/9939238]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="21696684">
    <user id="1137032">
    <name><![CDATA[Juliet]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Italy]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1137032-juliet]]></url>
  </user>
      <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <sell_flag>false</sell_flag>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Tue May 06 08:06:01 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue May 06 08:06:01 -0700 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[One of my favorite books ever.  A mocking romp.  I love teaching this to teenagers, too.  Still hilarious, meaningful and well-written.  Bizarre too, and I think that is some of its lasting power.  One of the best books I have ever read.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/21696684]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="1431968">
    <user id="95853">
    <name><![CDATA[Joe]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Milwaukee, WI]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/95853-joe]]></url>
  </user>
      <rating>3</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <sell_flag>false</sell_flag>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="fiction" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Tue May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu May 24 22:07:28 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Jun 02 23:36:03 -0700 2007</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Very much like the book of Job, only with some interesting commentary on happiness in relationship to optimism versus pessimism. I liked it. Voltaire made me think about (and rethink about) many of my ideologies.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1431968]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="22501127">
    <user id="1156277">
    <name><![CDATA[La-Shanda]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1156277-la-shanda]]></url>
  </user>
      <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <sell_flag>false</sell_flag>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Sat Apr 05 00:00:00 -0800 2003</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun May 18 14:42:24 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun May 18 14:49:20 -0700 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Persecution to those who spoke against unjust governmental laws... Voltaire romanticizes what it truly means to exercise democratic principles such as Freedom of Speech and Freedom of Expression...]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/22501127]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="24189264">
    <user id="1228132">
    <name><![CDATA[Alison]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1228132-alison]]></url>
  </user>
      <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <sell_flag>false</sell_flag>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1998</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Jun 10 18:30:18 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Jun 11 08:24:01 -0700 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[I think I probably would have liked it better had I read it in English, first, instead of struggling through it in French (in which language I don't seem to have much of a sense of humor). ]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/24189264]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="12105210">
    <user id="680986">
    <name><![CDATA[Kitty]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Pittsburgh, PA]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/680986-kitty]]></url>
  </user>
      <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <sell_flag>false</sell_flag>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Jan 09 17:29:09 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Jan 09 17:31:48 -0800 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[The best of all possible political satires. Hilariously, brilliantly skewering everything from religion to fashion to to politics. I've read this book at least three times. ]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/12105210]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="1321877">
    <user id="22193">
    <name><![CDATA[julia]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/22193-julia]]></url>
  </user>
      <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <sell_flag>false</sell_flag>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="currently-reading" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Tue May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun May 20 07:42:01 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun May 20 07:44:47 -0700 2007</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[I first read this book for a class in college, and was recently struck with the desire to re-read it.  The story feels like a fairy tale, and the overall tone is, like, soo emo.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1321877]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="17197593">
    <user id="897897">
    <name><![CDATA[Rachel]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Brooklyn, NY]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/897897-rachel-dolan]]></url>
  </user>
      <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <sell_flag>false</sell_flag>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Mar 06 17:13:32 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Mar 06 17:15:44 -0800 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[All for the best in the best of all possible worlds.  how awesome is it to realize people were super witty and funny and smart over 200 years ago?]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/17197593]]></url>
</review>
    </reviews>
  <popular_shelves>
        <shelf name="to-read" />
        <shelf name="fiction" />
        <shelf name="classics" />
        <shelf name="currently-reading" />
        <shelf name="philosophy" />
        <shelf name="literature" />
        <shelf name="school" />
        <shelf name="humor" />
        <shelf name="french" />
      </popular_shelves>
  <book_links>
    <book_link id="8">
  <name><![CDATA[WorldCat]]></name>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=19382</link>
</book_link>
  </book_links>
</book>
</GoodreadsResponse>