num_pages: 138
description: Candide , Voltaire’s biting portrayal of eighteenth-century European society, is a central text of the Enlightenment and essential reading for history students today. Preserving the text’s provocative nature, Daniel Gordon’s new translation enhances Candide ’s read-ability and highlights the text’s wit and satire for twentieth-century readers. The introduction places the work and its author in historical context, showing students how the complexities of Voltaire’s life relate to the events, philosophy, and characters of Candide . A related documents section — with personal correspondence to and from Voltaire — gives students another lens through which to view this influential thinker. Helpful editorial features include explanatory notes throughout the text and a chronology of Voltaire’s life.
language: French
title: Candide
titlecomplete: Candide
characters: Candide (Voltaire), Dr. Pangloss, Cunegonde, Pangloss
genres: Philosophy, French Literature, School, Novels, 18th Century, Literature, Classics, Fiction, Humor, France
ratings_count: 267618
places: Germany, Suriname, Portugal, Netherlands, Transylvania, England, Romania, Lisbon, Buenos Aires, Constantinople, Paraguay, Argentina, Turkey, Istanbul
publisher: St. Martin's Press