Candide - Voltaire - Books - Independently Published - 9798697980026 - October 14, 2020
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Political satire doesn't age well, but occasionally a diatribe contains enough art and universal mirth to survive long after its timeliness has passed. Candide is such a book. Penned by that Renaissance man of the Enlightenment, Voltaire, Candide is steeped in the political and philosophical controversies of the 1750s. But for the general reader, the novel's driving principle is clear enough: the idea (endemic in Voltaire's day) that we live in the best of all possible worlds, and apparent folly, misery and strife are actually harbingers of a greater good we cannot perceive, is hogwash. Telling the tale of the good-natured but star-crossed Candide (think Mr. Magoo armed with deadly force), as he travels the world struggling to be reunited with his love, Lady Cunegonde, the novel smashes such ill-conceived optimism to splinters.

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released October 14, 2020
ISBN13 9798697980026
Publishers Independently Published
Pages 96
Dimensions 216 × 280 × 5 mm   ·   244 g
Language English  

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