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Candide

Writer

Voltaire

Language

English

ISBN

9781503253797

Number of pages

86

Publisher

Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Category

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Candide by Voltaire

Candide, the illegitimate nephew of a German baron and student of eternal optimist Pangloss, is living a simple and sheltered life in "the best of all possible worlds."

But when Candide falls in love with the wrong woman, his uncle’s young daughter, he is exiled from the baron’s castle and suffers great tragedy and catastrophe, which leaves him disillusioned and questioning the goodness of the universe.

Penned in just three days - and published in secret because of its blasphemous and seditious nature - Voltaire’s legendary satire deftly skewers religious, romantic, and political naïveté with an acerbic and ribald wit that delights to this day.

Tevfik Cem Baykara

Çağının saygın idealistlerinden Leibniz’in "mümkün dünyaların en iyisinde yaşadığımıza" ilişkin inancı içten içe huzursuz eder Voltaire’i. Ne var ki, 1755 Lizbon depreminin yarattığı büyük yıkım, bu Fransız aydınlanma filozofunun tüm iyimser "safdil"lere karşı öfkesini köpürtür. Önce Lizbon Felaketi Üzerine Şiir’i yazar: "Lizbon mahvoldu ve insanlar Paris’te dans ediyor!.." Hızını alamaz ve Felaket’ten 4 yıl sonra 1759’da Candide veya İyimserlik (Candide, ou l’Optimisme)’i yazar.... Okuyunuz...

05.04.2023

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