Candide And Other Writings by Voltaire
And Other Writings
A razor‑sharp satirical collection of novellas, stories and essays that lampoon blind optimism, religious and political hypocrisy, war, colonial cruelty and human folly through the episodic misadventures of an innocent protagonist and a gallery of grotesque characters; as he travels from idyllic courts to blasted battlefields, shipwrecks, slave markets and the mythical utopia of El Dorado, the work dissects philosophical platitudes and social abuses with dark humor, ultimately rejecting abstract metaphysical consolation in favor of pragmatic labor and modest contentment.
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- Published
- 1759
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- French
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- Candide, or Optimism
- Candide, ou l'Optimisme
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