Candide Candide

Candide

    • 2.5 • 2 Ratings

Publisher Description

Candide begins in the German town of Westphalia, where Candide, a young man, lives in the castle of Baron of Thunder-ten-tronckh. A noted philosopher, Doctor Pangloss, tutors the baron on philosophical optimism, the idea that "all is for the best . . . in this best of all worlds." Candide, a simple man, first accepts this philosophy, but as he experiences the horrors of war, poverty, the maliciousness of man, and the hypocrisy of the church, he begins to doubt the voracity of Pangloss's theory. Thus, philosophical optimism is the focus of Votaire's satire; anti-war and anti-church refrains also run throughout the novel.

GENRE
Fiction & Literature
RELEASED
1778
1 January
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
143
Pages
PUBLISHER
Public Domain
SIZE
167.9
KB

More Books Like This

Candide Candide
2015
Candide, in English translation Candide, in English translation
2009
Candide Candide
2009
Candide Candide
1759
Candide Candide
2024
Candide (English) Candide (English)
2017

More Books by 1694-1778 Voltaire

Zadig Zadig
1778
A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 7 A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 7
1778
A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 1 A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 1
1778
Romans — Volume 3: Micromegas Romans — Volume 3: Micromegas
1778
Letters on England Letters on England
1778
Zadig Zadig
1778

Customers Also Bought

Les Fleurs du Mal Les Fleurs du Mal
1857
Fables de la Fontaine Fables de la Fontaine
1668
Elle et lui Elle et lui
1859
Poèmes Poèmes
1900
Le dernier jour d'un condamné Le dernier jour d'un condamné
1829
Madame Bovary Madame Bovary
1856