# Candide - Hardcover

by **Voltaire** (Author), **Mint Editions** (Contribution by)

**Young Candide is ejected from his idyllic life in a protected castle and finds himself encountering wild adventures and harsh trials that put to the test his teacher's claim that we live in the best of all possible worlds.**

Honest and simple to a fault, Candide finds that a bit of romance leads only to exile and sudden immersion in a larger and more frightening world. Armed with the optimistic teachings of his mentor Pangloss, he is soon astounded to be arrested, beaten and forced into military service. The author doesn't spare his hero, hurling him into a shipwreck, an earthquake, a tidal wave and a city-wide wildfire in short order. Pursuing his true love and reunited with Pangloss, who interprets each new setback, no matter how horrific, as another sign that everything happens for the best, Candide refuses to abandon hope but begins to question his teacher's bottomless optimism. An outrageous picaresque quest full of barbed observations about human behavior and belief, politics and institutions, _Candide_ was condemned for the fiercely irreverent stance it delicately conceals beneath its hero's guileless nature and chain of extravagant adventures. Triumphing over censorship, the book has had profound influence on philosophy and politics since its first appearance in 1759, but remains a classic that can be read for pure pleasure.

With an eye-catching new cover, and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of _Candide_ is both modern and readable.

### Back Jacket

_Candide_ by **Voltaire** follows its hero as he emerges from a sheltered life, where he understood everything happens for the best, into the world, where things are rarely so pleasant. A witty entertainment saturated with satirical stabs at philosophy, religion, government and humanity in general, _Candide_ is a transformative classic and the author's finest work.

**Number of Pages:** 104

**Dimensions:** 0.31 x 8 x 5 IN

**Publication Date:** September 29, 2020

**Accelerated Reader:**

**Quiz Name:** Candide

**Interest Level:** Upper Grades, 9-12

**Reading Level:** 7.3

**Point Value:** 5

## Details

- **Price:** 10.99 USD
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- **Type:** Books
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