"Political satire doesn't age well, but occasionally a diatribe contains enough art and universal mirth to survive long after its timeliness has passed. Candide is such a book. Penned by that Renaissance man of the Enlightenment, Voltaire, Candide is steeped in the political and philosophical controversies of the 1750s. But for the general reader, the novel's driving principle is clear enough: the idea (endemic in Voltaire's day) that we ..."
" Candide is the story of a gentle man who, though pummeled and slapped in every direction by fate, clings desperately to the belief that he lives in "the best of all possible worlds." On the surface a witty, bantering tale, this eighteenth-century classic is actually a savage, satiric thrust at the philosophical optimism that proclaims that all disaster and human suffering is part of a benevolent cosmic plan. Fast, funny, often outrageo ..."
Voltaire Almighty A Life in Pursuit of Freedom von Roger. VoltairePearson Hardcover, 480 Seiten, Veröffentlicht 2005 von Bloomsbury Publishing Plc ISBN-13: 978-0-7475-7495-8, ISBN: 0-7475-7495-2
"Voltaire Almighty provides a lively look at the life and thought of one of the major forces behind the European Enlightenment. A rebel from start to finish (1694 - 1778), Voltaire was an ailing and unwanted bastard child who refused to die; and when he did consent to expire some eighty-four years later, he secured a Christian burial despite a bishop's ban. During much of his life Voltaire was the toast of society for his plays and verse ..."
Candide and Other Stories (Paperback) von Voltaire Paperback, Veröffentlicht 2019 von Neeland Media, United States ISBN-13: 978-1-4209-6380-9, ISBN: 1-4209-6380-5