Candide
- ISBN-10
- ISBN-13
- 9798699198986
- Series
- Candide
- Pages
- 36
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2020-10-17
- Authors
- Voltaire, Diamond Classics
Description
Candide is Voltaire's 1759 satirical masterpiece, wreaking havoc on the excesses of 18th century French Enlightenment culture. The story begins with our protagonist Candide, a young man living a sheltered life in an Edenic paradise and being indoctrinated with Leibnizian optimism by his mentor, Professor Pangloss. This idyllic life is abruptly interrupted, however, by a series of painfully disillusioning events that set him off on a wide-ranging journey. This edition is based on the unattributed 1918 translation published in the U.S. by Boni & Liveright in 1918.
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Other editions
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- 2017-10-02
- 91 pages
- Paperback
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