Candide

Voltaire's Candide CANDIDE Translated with an Introduction by John Butt 0-14-044004-6 In a world of bureaucrats, engineers, and producers, Voltaire is the necessary philosopher. --Gustave Lanson The Best of All Possible Worlds An Introduction to Candide While Candide is without a doubt a farcical, humorous, and far-fetched tale, a seriousness lies beneath its satirical veneer. Candide is the story of an innocent young man embarking on a series of adventures during which he …

…fully evident in this deliberately revolutionary series of essays on religion, metaphysics, society, and government. Penguin Classics wishes to thank and credit the following books and writers for information used in this guide: Haydn Mason, Candide: Optimism Demolished, New York, Macmillan, 1992. Richter Peyton and Ricardo Ilona, Voltaire, New York, Macmillan, 1980. Web Links for Voltaire and Candide A short Voltaire biography. A Clarence Darrow biographical essay. The Voltaire Society of America. Voltaire and Candide lecture notes.