Reviews for Candide
Review - Candide
A bit too obvious for my taste.
Reviewed by Roger on 1999-12-16 08:41:19
Candideby Voltaire | |
| List(s): | "Racine Library List" "Carp 500" |
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| Category: |
"Fiction - General" |
| Pages: | 154 |
| Year of Publication: | 1759 |
| Date Read: | 01/20/1993 |
| Notes: | In this philosophical fantasy, naïve Candide sees and suffers so much misfortune that he ultimately rejects the philosophy of his tutor Doctor Pangloss, who claims that “all is for the best in this best of all possible worlds.” Candide and his companions — Pangloss, his beloved Cunegonde, and his servant Cacambo — display an instinct for survival that provides them hope in an otherwise somber setting. Ultimately, they settle together on a small farm and discover that the secret of happiness is “to cultivate one’s garden.” COMMENTS — Voltaire is the pseudonym of Francois-Marie Arouet, a writer of plays, histories and works on philosophical and moral problems. His lampoons of the Regency and his liberal religious opinions caused offence, and he was imprisoned in the Bastille for nearly a year. Later, he was forced into exile in England, then lived in Prussia and Switzerland until dying on a visit to Paris. |
| My Rating: | 5 |