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Candide

Candide

Littell, Philip
Voltaire

Paperback

Classic Fiction

ISBN10: 1503148238
ISBN13: 9781503148239
Publisher: Createspace
Published: Nov 15 2014
Pages: 114
Weight: 0.36
Height: 0.24 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Candide, who is living a sheltered life in an Edenic paradise and being indoctrinated with Leibnizian optimism by his mentor, Professor Pangloss. The work describes the abrupt cessation of this lifestyle, followed by Candide's slow, painful disillusionment as he witnesses and experiences great hardships in the world. Voltaire concludes with Candide, if not rejecting optimism outright, advocating a deeply practical precept, we must cultivate our garden, in lieu of the Leibnizian mantra of Pangloss, all is for the best in the best of all possible worlds. Candide was widely banned because it contained religious blasphemy, political sedition and intellectual hostility hidden under a thin veil of naïveté.However, with its sharp wit and insightful portrayal of the human condition, the novel has since inspired many later authors and artists to mimic and adapt it. Today, Candide is recognized as Voltaire's magnum opus and is often listed as part of the Western canon; it is arguably taught more than any other work of French literature.Martin Seymour-Smith has listed Candide as one of The 100 Most Influential Books Ever Written.

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