Hardcover, 307 pages
English language
Published Nov. 2, 1992 by Knopf.
4 stars
(14 reviews)
Brought up in the household of a powerful Baron, Candide is an open-minded young man, whose tutor, Pangloss, has instilled in him the belief that 'all is for the best'. But when his love for the Baron's rosy-cheeked daughter is discovered, Candide is cast out to make his own way in the world.
And so he and his various companions begin a breathless tour of Europe, South America and Asia, as an outrageous series of disasters befall them - earthquakes, syphilis, a brush with the Inquisition, murder - sorely testing the young hero's optimism.
Subjects
- Short stories
- Short stories, French
- Short stories, French 18th century Translations into English
- Nouvelles
- 1700-1799
- Translations