Voltaire Francois - Candide Or Optimism - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: The prince of philosophical novels John Updike In Candide Voltaire threw down an audacious challenge to the philosophical views of the Enlightenment to create one of the most glorious satires of the eighteenth century. His eponymous hero is an innocent young man whose tutor Pangloss has instilled in him the belief that 'all is for the best'. But when his love for the Baron's rosy - cheeked daughter is discovered Candide is cast out to make his own fortune. As he and his various companions roam over the world an outrageous series of disasters - earthquakes syphilis the Inquisition - sorely test the young hero's optimism holding a mirror up to all fanatics zealots and moral reformers of humankind. Translated and Edited by Theo Cuffe with an Introduction by Michael Wood
Title: Candide Or Optimism
Author(s): Voltaire Francois, Theo Cuffe
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Barcode: 9780140455106
Pages: 208 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 2/24/2009
Category: Classic Fiction