Candide by Voltaire
or Optimism
"Candide" is a satirical novel that follows the adventures of a young man, Candide, who is living a sheltered life in an Edenic paradise and being indoctrinated with Leibnizian optimism by his mentor. When he is expelled from the paradise for kissing a baron's daughter, he embarks on a journey around the world, witnessing the horrors of war, natural disasters, and human cruelty. Throughout his journey, Candide maintains his optimistic philosophy, despite the constant hardships he faces, ultimately concluding that one must cultivate their own garden, a metaphor for taking control of one's own destiny.
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- Published
- 1759
- Nationality
- French
- Length
- Short
- Pages
- 100-200
- Original Language
- French
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(3.8)
- Alternate Titles
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- Candide Oder Der Optimismus
- Candide Of Het Optimisme
- Candide of het optimisme
- Candide, or All for the Best
- Candide, or Optimism
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This book is on the following 44 lists:
- 4th on All-Time Classics, According to Academics (The Commercial Appeal )
- 14th on Top 100 World Literature Titles (Perfection Learning)
- 30th on The 100 Stories that Shaped the World (BBC)
- 41st on The Books That Built The French (TNS-Sofres/SNCF–Lire)
- 51st on R/ClassicLiterature's Top 100 Favorite Books (R/ClassicLiterature)
- 58th on Pour une Bibliothèque Idéale (Raymond Queneau)
- 74th on Our Users' Top 100 Favorite Books of All Time (The Greatest Books Users)
- 80th on The Novel 100: A Ranking of the Greatest Novels of All Time (The Novel 100)
- 91st on The Complete 500: OCLC (OCLC)
- 95th on 100 Best Books (Montana State University)
- 99th on The Top 10: The Greatest Books of All Time (The Top 10 (Book))
- 166th on The 500 best books of all time from Culture Café users (Culture Café)
- 1,000 Books to Read Before You Die: A Life-Changing List (1,000 Books to Read Before You Die(Book))
- 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read (The Guardian)
- 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (The Book)
- 100 Greatest Books of All Time (Steve Donoghue)
- 101 of the World's Greatest Books (1950) (101 of the World's Greatest Books (Book))
- 101 Significant Books (Good Reading: A Guide for Serious Readers)
- 150 Great Reads (The Spokesman-Review Spokane Chronicle )
- 501 Must-Read Books (LibraryThing)
- As if You Don't Have Enough to Read, Best Non-Fiction from the NY Times Writers (New York Times)
- Best Books Ever (Book Depository)
- C.K. Shorter List of Best 100 Novels (The Bookman February 1898)
- For The Love of Books (For The Love of Books)
- From Zero to Well-Read in 100 Books (Jeff O'Neal at Bookriot.com)
- Great Books of the Western World (Great Books Foundation)
- Harenberg Buch der 1000 Bücher (Harenberg Buch der 1000 Bücher)
- Harold Bloom's The Western Canon (The Western Canon (Book) by Harold Bloom)
- Have You Read 100 Great Books? (The Jasper Lee Company)
- Inteliquest's World's 100 Greatest Books of All-Time (InteliQuest)
- Masterpieces of World Literature (Frank N. Magill)
- One Hundred Best Books (1916) (John Cowper Powys)
- Select 100 (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee)
- The 100 Best Novels in Translation by Boyd Tonkin (Book)
- The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written (Easton Press)
- The 100 Most Influential Books Ever Written (Martin Seymour-Smith)
- The Book of Great Books: A Guide to 100 World Classics (Book)
- The College Board: 101 Great Books Recommended for College-Bound Readers (The College Board, an American not-for-profit organization)
- The Graphic Canon (Book)
- The Guardian's Essential Library (The Guardian)
- The New Lifetime Reading Plan (The New Lifetime Reading Plan)
- Världsbiblioteket (The World Library) (Tidningen Boken)
- William H. F. Lamont’s 100 Best Novels (1947) (archive.org)
- ZEIT-Bibliothek der 100 Bücher (Die Zeit)