Candide
About this book
Brought up in the household of a powerful Baron, Candide is an open-minded 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 way in the world.
And so he and his various companions begin a breathless tour of Europe, South America and Asia, as an outrageous series of disasters befall them - earthquakes, syphilis, a brush with the Inquisition, murder - sorely testing the young hero's optimism.
Subjects
- adventure stories
- candide
- candide (voltaire)
- chinese
- civilization
- classic literature
- conduct of life
- continental european fiction (fictional works by one author)
- criticism and interpretation
- critique et interprétation
- dictionaries
- early works to 1800
- english language
- enlightenment
- ethics
- fiction
- fiction, general
- fiction, humorous
- fiction, satire
- french fiction
- french language
- french language materials
- french literature
- french satire
- german
- histoire
- history
- imaginary letters
- inquisition
- korean
- large type books
- life
- lifestyles
- literatura francesa
- modern philosophy
- moral conditions
- nonfiction
- open library staff picks
- open_syllabus_project
- optimism
- personal conduct
- philosophy
- philosophy, modern -- 18th century
- politics and government
- readers
- romance literature
- satire
- spanish
- translations into chinese
- translations into english