![]() He is reunited with, separated from and then reunited again with Pangloss and Cunégonde, who both survive what appears to be certain death. He wanders around Europe and South America, finding misery everywhere (apart from during a brief stay in the fabulous kingdom of El Dorado). Candide consequently suffers many more misfortunes. Candide's comfortable lifestyle suddenly comes to an end one day when he is thrown out of the castle of his uncle the baron, in which he has spent his entire life, for kissing the baron's daughter Lady Cunégonde. The main character in the novel is a young man named Candide who is born into a life of luxury and is indoctrinated into taking an extremely optimistic view of life by his tutor, Dr. It was first published anonymously in 1759. ![]() First pages of an English translation of Candide, published in 1762.Ĭandide (French: Candide, ou l'Optimisme, also published in English as Candide: or, All For the Best, Candide: or, Optimism and Candide: or, The Optimist) is a short comic novel by the French author Voltaire. ![]()
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