Candide Or Optimism - Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition - Penguin Classics Deluxe Editio Author:Francois Voltaire One of Western literatures most glorious and incisive satiresnow in a brilliant new translation with a bold new cover by Chris Ware — With its vibrant new translation, perceptive introduction, and witty packaging, this new edition of Voltaires irreverent, tragicomic masterpiece belongs in the hands of every reader ponde... more »ring our assumptions about human behavior and our place in the world. Candide tells of the outrageous adventures of the naïve Candide, who doggedly believes that "all is for the best" even when faced with injustice, suffering, and despair. Controversial and entertaining, Candide is a book that is vitally relevant today in our world pervaded byas Candide would say "the mania for insisting that all is well when all is by no means well."« less
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