Project Gutenberg 2003-11-01 Public domain in the USA. 910 Voltaire 1694 1778 Arouet, François Marie Arouet, Francois Marie Candide, ou l'optimisme Carlo Traverso Updated: 2022-11-17. "Candide, ou l'optimisme" by Voltaire is a classic philosophical novel written during the mid-18th century, specifically in the Enlightenment period. The narrative follows Candide, a young man raised in the castle of Baron Thunder-ten-tronckh, who undergoes a series of tumultuous adventures that challenge the philosophy of optimism espoused by his mentor, Pangloss. Throughout his journey, Candide encounters various hardships and absurdities that critique the notion that "all is for the best in the best of all possible worlds." The opening of the novel introduces Candide as a good-natured youth living a sheltered life in the idyllic castle, where he is educated by Pangloss, who teaches him that everything is predetermined to be for the best. Candide's naive belief in Pangloss's optimistic philosophy is shattered when he is expelled from the castle after being caught in a romantic encounter with Cunégonde, the baron's daughter. This expulsion leads to a series of misadventures where Candide experiences the harsh realities of war, poverty, and the cruelty of mankind, all while questioning the validity of Pangloss's teachings. The beginning sets the stage for Candide's quest for understanding and happiness in a world rife with suffering and injustice. (This is an automatically generated summary.) fr Satire Optimism -- Fiction PQ Text FR Littérature Browsing: Humour Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 248616 248799 2024-10-02T13:33:36.566445 2023-10-02T11:25:27.453878 text/html text/html 248899 2022-11-17T06:35:16 text/html 199165 2024-10-02T13:33:43.882421 application/epub+zip 199175 2024-10-02T13:33:39.723434 application/epub+zip 187413 2024-10-02T13:33:38.435452 application/epub+zip 345907 2024-10-02T13:33:47.142470 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 324538 2024-10-02T13:33:43.112428 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 261453 2022-09-03T03:45:43.611311 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 234162 234165 2024-10-02T13:33:36.102494 2023-10-02T11:25:27.099897 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 233937 2022-11-17T06:36:32 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20171 2024-10-02T13:33:47.308387 application/rdf+xml 14968 2024-10-02T13:33:39.001423 image/jpeg 4175 2024-10-02T13:33:38.720431 image/jpeg 87772 2022-11-17T06:37:02 application/octet-stream application/zip 89470 2022-11-17T06:37:27 application/octet-stream application/zip 161296 2024-10-02T13:33:36.589452 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog fr.wikipedia en.wikipedia