Candide, or Optimism (Penguin Classics) By Francois Voltaire, Michael Wood, The

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Candide or Optimism\nby Francois Voltaire\nPaperback\nEnglish\n\nDelivery\nUsually delivered in 2\u20133 working days (dispatched today if ordered before 3pm).\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Francois Voltaire\nTitle: Candide or Optimism\nFormat: Paperback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Classic fiction: general and literary\nPublisher: Penguin Publishing Group\nPublication year: 2006\nISBN-13: 9780140455106\nISBN-10: 0140455108\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\n\n''The prince of philosophical novels'' John Updike\n\nIn Candide, Voltaire threw down an audacious challenge to the philosophical views of the Enlightenment to create one of the most glorious satires of the eighteenth century. His eponymous hero is an innocent young man whose tutor, Pangloss, has instilled in him the belief that ''all is for the best''.