Candide, or The Optimist
01 October 2020Imprint: Macmillan Collector's Library
Synopsis
Candide, or the Optimist is Voltaire’s hilarious and deeply scathing satire on the Age of Enlightenment. This classic of French literature has been a bestseller for over two hundred years.
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Details
01 October 2020176 pages
9781529036053Imprint: Macmillan Collector's Library
Reviews
Candide remains politically topical and its McCarthy-era satire has, unfortunately, lost little relevanceJohn Allison, Telegraph
It was no fable inhabiting some make-believe or symbolic location; rather, it was a report on the current state of the world, deliberately set among the headlines of the dayJulian Barnes, Guardian
