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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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 outrageous, the French philosopher's immortal narrative takes Candide around the world to discover that -- contrary to the teachings of his distinguished tutor Dr. Pangloss -- all is not always for the best. Alive with wit, brilliance, and graceful storytelling, Candide has become Voltaire's most celebrated work.
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Candide, Voltaire
- Langue
- Année de publication
- 2022
Modes de paiement
- Titre
- Candide
- Langue
- Anglais
- Auteurs
- Voltaire
- Éditeur
- Embolsillo
- Publié
- 2022
- ISBN10
- 1805470868
- ISBN13
- 9781805470861
- Séries
- Mots clés
- Fiction, Thème historique, Aventure, Humour, Thématique philosophique, Classiques, France, Prose de guerre, Guerres, L'école, Littérature française, Romans courts, Critique sociale, Voyage, Fuite, Bonheur, Satire, XVIIIe siècle, Lectures obligatoires, L'Âge des Lumières, Malheur, Fiction philosophique, Paradis, Critique de la Religion
- Première publication
- 1759
- Titre original
- Candide
- Évaluation
- 3,7 sur 5
- Description
- 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 outrageous, the French philosopher's immortal narrative takes Candide around the world to discover that -- contrary to the teachings of his distinguished tutor Dr. Pangloss -- all is not always for the best. Alive with wit, brilliance, and graceful storytelling, Candide has become Voltaire's most celebrated work.