num_pages: 104
description: Brought up in the household of a powerful Baron, Candide is an open-minded young man, whose tutor, Pangloss, has instilled in him the belief that 'all is for the best'. But when his love for the Baron's rosy-cheeked daughter is discovered, Candide is cast out to make his own way in the world. And so he and his various companions begin a breathless tour of Europe, South America and Asia, as an outrageous series of disasters befall them - earthquakes, syphilis, a brush with the Inquisition, murder - sorely testing the young hero's optimism.
language: English
title: Candide
titlecomplete: Candide
characters: Candide (Voltaire), Pangloss, Cunegonde, Dr. Pangloss
genres: Classics, France, 18th Century, Philosophy, Humor, Novels, School, Literature, French Literature, Fiction
ratings_count: 267681
places: Netherlands, Suriname, Transylvania, England, Constantinople, Argentina, Paraguay, Germany, Turkey, Istanbul, Lisbon, Portugal, Buenos Aires, Romania
publisher: Penguin Books