(P/B) CANDIDE

Παρουσίαση

The naive Candide is literally kicked out of his childhood home when unfairly accused of sexual attentions towards his idol, Lady Cunegonde. Yet Dr Pangloss, the learned philosopher, has taught him the positive notion that all is for the best. And throughout his hilarious adventures and misfortunes, Candide remains true to Pangloss's creed, even when faced with ridiculous examples of injustice, suffering and despair. His incessant optimism appears to be justified in El Dorado, a Utopian land in which money and possessions are deemed worthless, yet ironically Candide is restless to leave this ideal society in search of worldly fulfilment.
Voltaire's scathing attack on vain and dreamy philosophizing remains as controversial and entertaining today as on its first publication in 1759. (From the publisher)

Περιεχόμενα

The Castle of Thunder-ten-Tronckh
Running the Gauntlet
Escape into Holland
Pangloss on the Pox
The Death of the Anabaptist
An Auto-da-fe
Cunegonde Re-found
Cunegonde's Story
Deaths of the Jew and the Inquisitor
Embarkation for the New World
The Old Woman's Story - 1
The Old Woman's Story - 2
The Governor of Buenos Aires
Flight to Paraguay
The Jesuit Baron
The Girls and the Monkeys
El Dorado - 1
El Dorado - 2
The Dutch Shipmaster
Martin the Manichaean
The Nature of Mankind
A Rich Stranger in Paris
"To Encourage the Others"
Paquette and Friar Giroflee
Senator Pococurante
Supper with Six Kings
Voyage to Constantinople
The Galley-slaves' Stories
Cunegonde Found Again
Philosophy on the Propontis