Candide, ou l'optimisme by Voltaire
"Candide, ou l'optimisme" by Voltaire is a French satire first published in 1759. Young Candide lives a sheltered life in paradise, taught Leibnizian optimism by his mentor Professor Pangloss, who insists "all is for the best" in the "best of all possible worlds." This idyllic existence ends abruptly, launching Candide through a series of hardships that slowly disillusion him. Through fantastical, fast-moving adventures, Voltaire ridicules religion, governments, armies, and philosophers while grappling
with the problem of evil and ultimately advocating a practical precept: "we must cultivate our garden." (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Voltaire, 1694-1778 |
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| Author of introduction, etc. | Sarcey, Francisque, 1827-1899 |
| Illustrator | Moreau, Adrien, 1843-1906 |
| Title | Candide, ou l'optimisme |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candide |
| Credits | Laura Natal Rodrigues |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 75.3 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | French |
| LoC Class | PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Subject | Satire |
| Subject | Optimism -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 59859 |
| Release Date | Jul 5, 2019 |
| Most Recently Updated | Nov 17, 2022 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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