Classique intemporel des Lumières à lire non seulement au lycée parmi les lectures obligatoires ! À travers les mésaventures d’un jeune homme candide confronté à la cruauté aux quatre coins du monde, Voltaire tourne en dérision l’optimisme de Leibniz, selon lequel tout irait pour le mieux dans le meilleur des mondes. Entre satire mordante et réflexion existentielle, Voltaire y critique les injustices, les dogmes et les absurdités de son époque, tout en interrogeant la quête du bonheur et du sens de la vie. Toujours d'actualité.
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Theo Cuffe's marvelous translation of Voltaire's satirical masterpiece With its vibrant new translation and perceptive introduction this new edition of Voltaire’s masterpiece belongs in the hands of every reader pondering our assumptions about human behavior and our place in the world. Candide tells of the hilarious adventures of the naïve Candide, who doggedly believes that “all is for the best” even when faced with injustice, suffering, and despair. Controversial and entertaining, Candide is a book that is vitally relevant today in our world pervaded by—as Candide would say—“the mania for insisting that all is well when all is by no means well.” For more than sixty-five years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,500 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
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Candide, or Optimism, Voltaire
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- 2005
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