by Voltaire · Hachette · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782011685490
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«Candide ou l'Optimisme» is Voltaire's philosophical novel, published by Hachette in paperback (254 pages, in French).
Young Candide, educated by his tutor Pangloss, believes he lives in the best of all possible worlds. After being expelled from the castle for his love of Cunégonde, he travels the world and accumulates misfortunes, violence and deceptions that shake his optimism. Voltaire thus satirises optimistic philosophy, the nobility, war and religion.
Work originally published in 1759; school edition from the Biblio lycée collection with pedagogical supplements.
Intended for students of French and readers approaching the classic with pedagogical support.
François-Marie Arouet, known by his pen name Voltaire, was a French Enlightenment writer, philosopher (philosophe), satirist, and historian. Famous for his wit and his criticism of Christianity and of slavery, Voltaire was an advocate of freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and separation of church and state.
