Candide
Voltaire • Tredition Classics • ISBN 9783963619021
Candide
Voltaire • Tredition Classics • ISBN-13 9783963619021
ISBN-10 Not provided • 2020 • Standard Edition
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Candide, or Optimism, is a French satire first published in 1759 by Voltaire, a philosopher of the Age of Enlightenment. The novella has been widely translated, with English versions titled Candide: or, All for the Best (1759); Candide: or, The Optimist (1762); and Candide, or Optimism (1947). It begins with a young man, Candide, who is living a sheltered life in an Edenic paradise and being indoctrinated with Leibnizian optimism by his mentor, Pangloss. The work describes the abrupt cessation of this lifestyle, followed by Candide's slow, painful disillusionment as he witnesses and experiences great hardships in the world.
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