Candide (Warbler Classics Annotated Edition)

"As fresh and pertinent as ever." -Julian Barnes, The Guardian A NEWLY REVISED EDITION Candide, Voltaire's magnum opus, is a matchless satirical takedown of religion, theologians, governments, armies, philosophies, and philosophers. The novella unfolds as the sheltered and privileged Candide, a young man enraptured by his facile mentor Pangloss, experiences the hardships and injustices of life, forcing him to abandon the naïve notion that "all is for the best" in favor of a practical determinati