by Voltaire, Isabelle de Lisle, Sylvie Beauthier · Hachette Education · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782013949590
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«Candide ou l'Optimisme» is Voltaire's satirical novel published by Hachette Education in its Bibliolycée collection, in paperback (192 pages, in French).
Candide, a young optimist educated by his tutor Pangloss in the philosophy of the «best of all possible worlds», is expelled from his castle and travels the world amid wars, catastrophes and cruelties that dismantle that vision. This school edition includes the complete annotated text, analysis questions and a dossier for the French Bac.
Candide ou l'Optimisme was originally published in 1759; this edition incorporates the pedagogical apparatus of Isabelle de Lisle and Sylvie Beauthier.
Designed for French students preparing for the Bac; also useful for anyone wanting to read the classic with a study guide.
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.
