by Voltaire · LIBRO · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788440224224
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«Cándido y otros cuentos» is the volume of stories by Voltaire, published by Ediciones Orbis in paperback (221 pages, in Spanish).
This edition brings together «Cándido», a philosophical tale that follows young Cándido through a world of misfortunes while his master Pangloss embodies the philosophy of optimism, along with other stories by the author. Voltaire uses fiction to satirize that current and criticize the society, religion, and politics of his time.
Cándido was originally published in 1759; this 1999 edition belongs to the Mil años de literatura collection.
For readers interested in classical literature and in eighteenth-century social and philosophical satire.
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.
