Voltaire 1694-1778 creator text utu 2004 monographic es 1 online resource : multiple file formats "Candido, o El Optimismo" by Voltaire is a French satirical novella first published in 1759. Young Candide lives a sheltered life in paradise, taught Leibnizian optimism by his mentor Professor Pangloss, who preaches that "all is for the best" in the "best of all possible worlds." This lifestyle abruptly ends, thrusting Candide into a series of hardships that slowly disillusion him. Through bitter humor and a fast-moving plot, Voltaire ridicules religion, governments, and philosophical optimism itself, ultimately advocating the practical wisdom: "we must cultivate our garden." (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candide https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%A1ndido Release date is 2004-12-01 Produced by Tom Richards, Arno Peters, Juliet Sutherland, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team Original publication data not identified Satire Optimism -- Fiction PQ Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/7109 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/7109 UtSlPG 260607 20260610133202.0 7109