Candide

A new, beautifully laid-out, easy-to-read edition of Voltaire’s Candide . 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. François-Marie Arouet (1694-1778), known by his nom de plume Voltaire , was a French enlightenment writer, historian, and philosopher famous for his wit and his advocacy for freedom of speech and religion. — ASIN: 1087113490 | ISBN13: 9781087113494 | ISBN-13: 978-1087113494