by Voltaire · Hachette Littérature · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782010005497
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«Candide» is the easy-French adaptation of Voltaire's philosophical novel, published by Hachette in paperback (78 pages, in French).
Candide, a young optimist educated by the philosopher Pangloss with the idea that everything happens for the best, suffers all kinds of calamities as he travels the world. Voltaire uses satire to dismantle philosophical optimism and portray wars, abuses and injustices.
This 1969 edition was adapted by Jacques Fiot and belongs to the Nouveaux classiques illustrés collection.
Intended for students and readers beginning French, thanks to its simplified language.
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.
