Book Review of Candide by Francois-Marie Arouet de Voltaire
Name of Book: Candide Author: Francois-Marie Arouet de Voltaire ISBN: 0-393-97758-7 Publisher: Norton Company Type of book: Around the world, satire, 1600s-1700s, love, religion, philosophy Year it was published: 1759 Summary: (from wikipedia.org) Candide, ou l'Optimisme ( /ˌkænˈdiːd/; French: [kɑ̃did]) is a French satire first published in 1759 by Voltaire, a philosopher of the Age of Enlightenment. The novella has been widely translated, with English versions titled Candide: or, All for the Best (1759); Candide: or, The Optimist (1762); and Candide: or, Optimism (1947).[5] It begins with a young man, Candide, who is living a sheltered life in an Edenic paradise and being indoctrinated with Leibnizian optimism (or simply Optimism) by his mentor, Pangloss. The work describes the abrupt cessation of this lifestyle, followed by Candide's slow, painful disillusionment as he witnesses and experiences great hardships in the world. Voltaire concludes with Candide, ...