Voltaire 1694-1778 creator Sarcey, Francisque 1827-1899 Moreau, Adrien 1843-1906 text utu 2019 monographic fr 1 online resource : multiple file formats "Candide, ou l'optimisme" by Voltaire is a French satire first published in 1759. Young Candide lives a sheltered life in paradise, taught Leibnizian optimism by his mentor Professor Pangloss, who insists "all is for the best" in the "best of all possible worlds." This idyllic existence ends abruptly, launching Candide through a series of hardships that slowly disillusion him. Through fantastical, fast-moving adventures, Voltaire ridicules religion, governments, armies, and philosophers while grappling with the problem of evil and ultimately advocating a practical precept: "we must cultivate our garden." (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candide Release date is 2019-07-05 Laura Natal Rodrigues Original publication data not identified Satire Optimism -- Fiction PQ Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/59859 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/59859 UtSlPG 260607 20260610134359.0 59859