Evergreen in its appeal, Candide makes us laugh at human folly and marvel at our reluctance to face reality and the truth. Voltaire's brilliant satire, first published in Paris in 1759, is relentless and unsparing. Virtue and vice, religion and romance, philosophy and science -- all are fair game.
Through the adventures of young Candide, his love Cun gonde, and his mentor Dr. Pangloss, we experience life's most crushing misfortunes. And we see the redeeming wisdom those misfortunes can bring -- all the while enjoying Voltaire's witty burlesque of human excess.
In this unique volume, readers who wish to follow every nuance of Voltaire's classic tale in the original French can do so with the aid of a new and exacting English translation on facing pages. Shane Weller's critical introduction illuminates the satire of Candide and the reasons for its enduring appeal.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Dover Publications
Published: 08/11/1993
ISBN: 9780486276250
Pages: 192
Weight: 0.48lbs
Size: 8.44h x 5.37w x 0.40d
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 28450 / Candide
Reading Level: 7.3 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 5