by Voltaire · Alianza · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788420634463
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This edition of 'Candide and Other Stories' by Voltaire, published by Alianza Editorial, presents a selection of philosophical tales that satirize European society. The volume includes, in addition to 'Candide', other stories such as 'Memnon', 'Micromegas', 'History of the Travels of Scarmentado', and 'The Man of Forty Crowns'. Voltaire's historical treatises and essays against superstition, intolerance, and fanaticism are intertwined in these narratives, offering a sample of the author's literary style and the pedagogical purposes of the Enlightenment.
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.
