Candide and L'Ingénu
$20.69
- Paperback
200 pages
- Release Date
1 October 2025
Summary
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 that proclaims that all disaster and human suffering is part of a benevolent cosmic plan.
Fast, funny, often outrageous, the French philosopher’s immortal narrative ta…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781454959632 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1454959630 |
| Author: | Voltaire Voltaire |
| Publisher: | Union Square & Co. |
| Imprint: | Union Square & Co. |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 200 |
| Release Date: | 1 October 2025 |
| Weight: | 210g |
| Dimensions: | 202mm x 132mm x 18mm |
| Series: | Signature Editions |
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About The Author
Voltaire Voltaire
Voltaire (1694-1778)
Born François-Marie Arouet, Voltaire launched a lifelong, successful playwriting career in 1718. This career was interrupted by imprisonment in the Bastille. Upon a second imprisonment, during which he adopted the pen name Voltaire, he was released after agreeing to move to London.
In London, he wrote Lettres philosophiques, a work that galvanized French reform and satirized the religious teachings of René Descartes and Blaise Pascal.
After his release, he purchased a château in Geneva, where he wrote Candide, among other works. To avoid Calvinist persecution, he moved across the border to Ferney, France. He lived there as a wealthy man for 18 years until his death.
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