Candide
Publisher: Standard Ebooks
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Subjects: Voltaire, 1694-1778. Candide
Description: <p><i>Candide</i> is the picaresque tale of the titular character’s fantastical journey from an insular, idealized life in a picturesque castle through the difficulties and evils of the real world. Satirical, comical, witty, and cutting, <i>Candide</i> was widely banned in its day for containing blasphemous and seditious concepts. Despite that, it survived controversy to become an important book in the Western literary heritage. Today <i>Candide</i> remains a breezy and darkly funny read.</p>