EAN: 9781847497284

CANDIDE - VOLTAIRE KARTONIERT (TB)

Candide is an innocent young nobleman who leads an idyllic  sheltered life andhas adopted the
optimistic mindset promoted by his tutor Dr Pangloss. But aftercommitting an indiscretion and
being expelled from his family home  Candidefi nds himself on a journey that will take him to
Portugal  Argentina  Britain andTurkey and expose him to torture  war  shipwreck and natural
disasters  leadinghim to question whether he is really living in the best of possible
worlds.Published in 1759  when it became a best-seller and stirred up much controversy Candide
is an exhilarating picaresque romp and a biting satire by one of theEnlightenments major fi
gures that still resonates to this day.

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