Candide, Volume 939The story of a gentle man who, though pummeled and slapped in every direction by fate, clings desperately to the belief that he lives in "the best of all possible worlds." On the surface a witty, bantering tale, this eighteenth-century classic is actually a savage, satiric thrust at the philosophical optimism that proclaims that all disaster and human suffering is part of a benevolent cosmic plan. |
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An Appreciation by André Maurois | 1 |
How Candide was brought up in a beautiful | 17 |
How Candide met his former philosophy | 25 |
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