by Voltaire · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788476726488
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«Cándido / La princesa de Babilonia» is a volume bringing together two tales by Voltaire, published by Fontana in paperback (192 pages, in Spanish).
«Cándido o el optimismo» is a biting satire on philosophical optimism: its young protagonist accumulates misfortunes that contradict the idea that everything happens for the best. «La princesa de Babilonia» is an ironic and festive tale about courtly love, in which Voltaire mocks its codes.
This 1994 edition is part of the Fontana Universal Classics collection and brings together «Cándido o el optimismo» and «La princesa de Babilonia».
Suitable for readers interested in eighteenth-century French literature 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.
