Vintage paperback in good condition. Some wear to cover.
“If this is the best of possible worlds, what then are the others?
Candide is the story of a gentle man who, though pummeled and slapped in every direction by fate, clings desperately to the belief that he lives in “the best of all possible worlds.” On the surface a witty, bantering tale, this eighteenth-century classic is actually a savage, satiric thrust at the philosophical optimism the proclaims that all disaster and human suffering is part of a benevolent cosmic plan. Fast, funny, often outrageous, the French philosopher’s immortal narrative takes Candide around the world to discover that—contrary to the teachings of his distinguished tutor Dr. Pangloss—all is not always for the best. Alive with wit, brilliance, and graceful storytelling, Candide has become Voltaire’s most celebrated work.
Read Alikes for Candide: Zadig by Voltaire; The Trial by Franz Kafka; Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift; Animal Farm by George Orwell; The Stranger by Albert Camus.
Vintage paperback in good condition. Some wear to cover.
“If this is the best of possible worlds, what then are the others?
Candide is the story of a gentle man who, though pummeled and slapped in every direction by fate, clings desperately to the belief that he lives in “the best of all possible worlds.” On the surface a witty, bantering tale, this eighteenth-century classic is actually a savage, satiric thrust at the philosophical optimism the proclaims that all disaster and human suffering is part of a benevolent cosmic plan. Fast, funny, often outrageous, the French philosopher’s immortal narrative takes Candide around the world to discover that—contrary to the teachings of his distinguished tutor Dr. Pangloss—all is not always for the best. Alive with wit, brilliance, and graceful storytelling, Candide has become Voltaire’s most celebrated work.
Read Alikes for Candide: Zadig by Voltaire; The Trial by Franz Kafka; Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift; Animal Farm by George Orwell; The Stranger by Albert Camus.
ISBN 0-553-21166-8
Voltaire
1759 (This ed. 1989)
