by Voltaire · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782011691699
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«Candide, ou L'optimisme» is Voltaire's philosophical tale, published by Hachette Livre in paperback (223 pages, in French).
Candide, a naive young man educated at the castle of the Baron of Thunder-ten-tronckh, believes with his master Pangloss that he lives in the best of all possible worlds. Expelled from his home, he travels the world and faces wars, shipwrecks and catastrophes. Voltaire turns this journey into a satire of philosophical optimism, while Candide forms his own judgment.
This complete-text edition is part of the Classiques Hachette collection and includes pedagogical apparatus by Xavier Darcos: notes, questionnaires, summaries and a thematic study.
Suitable for students of French literature and readers who want an edition with didactic materials to delve deeper into the text.
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.
