Synopsis
A biting satire of the Age of Enlightenment, Voltaire's classic tale Candide, or the Optimist remains a bestseller over two centuries after its initial publication.
Young nobleman Candide lives a sheltered life under the tutelage of the ridiculous Dr Pangloss, who espouses the prevailing 18th-century philosophy of Optimism. After an indiscretion, Candide is cast out into a world that Pangloss claims...
176 pages
9781529021080Details
01 October 2020176 pages
9781529021080Imprint: Macmillan Collector's Library
Reviews
Candide remains politically topical and its McCarthy-era satire has, unfortunately, lost little relevanceJohn Allison, Telegraph
It was no fable inhabiting some make-believe or symbolic location; rather, it was a report on the current state of the world, deliberately set among the headlines of the dayJulian Barnes, Guardian
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