Pub Date: September 29, 2020
Lexile Code: 0000
Features: Price on Product
Target Age Group: NA to NA
Physical Info: 0.38" H x 8.00" L x 5.00" W ( 0.53 lbs) 104 pages
BISAC Categories:
Fiction | Classics | Satire | Literary | World Literature | France 18th Century | Action and Adventure
Description:
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.
Brief description:
Voltaire was the pen name of François-Marie Arouet (1694-1778)a French philosopher and an author who was as prolific as he was influential. In books, pamphlets and plays, he startled, scandalized and inspired his age with savagely sharp satire that unsparingly attacked the most prominent institutions of his day, including royalty and the Roman Catholic Church. His fiery support of freedom of speech and religion, of the separation of church and state, and his intolerance for abuse of power can be seen as ahead of his time, but earned him repeated imprisonments and exile before they won him fame and adulation.