voltaire

Candide (1759) was one of Voltaire's most characteristic, philosophical tales. The eponymous young hero and his friends move through a series of tortures, tragedies and reversals of fortune, in the...

Witty and caustic, Candide has ranked as one of the world's great satires since its first publication in 1759. In the story of the trials and travails of the youthful...

Voltaire's brilliant satire, in the original French, with a new and exacting English translation on the opposing page. Through the adventures of Candide, we experience life's most crushing misfortunes, see...