'The prince of philosophical novels' John Updike In Candide,
Voltaire threw down an audacious challenge to the philosophical
views of the Enlightenment to create one of the most glorious
satires of the eighteenth century. His eponymous hero is an
innocent 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 fortune. As he and his various companions roam over
the world, an outrageous series of disasters - earthquakes,
syphilis, the Inquisition - sorely test the young hero's optimism,
holding a mirror up to all fanatics, zealots and moral reformers of
humankind. Translated and Edited by Theo Cuffe with an Introduction
by Michael Wood
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