Candide

ou l'optimisme, seconde partie (1760)

edited by Edouard M. Langille

Book cover: Candide

Extent: 128 pages

Publisher: University of Exeter Press

Subjects: Early Modern & Renaissance Studies, Literary Studies

Series: Exeter Textes Litteraires

Language: French

(Paperback) (Published)

(July 2003)

ISBN: 9780859897235

5.91 x 9.02 inches

Price: $30.00

Out of stock

Pastiche, imitation but also a continuation of Voltaire’s most celebrated tale, Candide, seconde partie, picks up many of the original’s themes. Leibniz, Descartes and Newton are gently mocked; Pascal is accused of trying to make us hate humankind.


Pastiche, imitation but also a continuation of Voltaire’s most celebrated tale, Candide, seconde partie, picks up many of the original’s themes. Leibniz, Descartes and Newton are gently mocked; Pascal is accused of trying to make us hate humankind. If it cannot begin to compare with Voltaire’s masterpiece, the tale is nonetheless an amusing and instructive imitation.

Frontispice: gravure sur bois de Howard Simon, 'Candide', Ives Washburn, New York, 1929 Liste des abreviations Introduction Fac-simile du frontispice de l'edition de 1760 Candide, ou l'optimisme, seconde partie Notes et commentaires Dossier critique Bibliographie selective

  • Edited by Edouard M Langille