by Voltaire · Hachette · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782010178757
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«Candide ou l'Optimiste» is Voltaire's philosophical novel, published by Hachette in paperback (223 pages, in French).
Young Candide, educated by Pangloss in the optimism that everything happens for the best, is expelled from his castle and travels through Europe and America with Cunegonde, Cacambo and Martin. Wars, shipwrecks and injustices contradict that philosophy, and Voltaire uses the tale to satirize the nobility, the Church and war.
Edition in the Classiques Hachette collection (number 2), with complete text and study material prepared by Xavier Darcos. Work originally published in 1759.
Recommended for students of French and readers who want to discover a classic of the Enlightenment in its original 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.
