Candide : Candide (theatre)
Candide is a short novel by the Enlightenment philosopher Voltaire.Sardonic in outlook, it follows the naive protagonist Candide from his first exposure to the precept that "all is for the best in this, the best of all possible worlds," and on through a series of adventures that dramatically disprove that precept even as the protagonist clings to it.
Leonard Bernstein based an operetta (1956) on Voltaire's story. The overture is very popular as an orchestral piece.
External Links
- French text from University of Virginia: [1] (http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/etcbin/browse-mixed-french?id=VolCand&tag=public&images=images/modeng&data=/lv1/Archive/french-parsed)
- English translation at the Voltaire Foundation, University of Oxford (http://www.voltaire.ox.ac.uk/x_voltfnd/etc/e-texts/prose/voltaire/index_prose_candi.html)
- A letter written by Voltaire to the Journal encyclopédique in which the author denies being the author of Candide: [2] (http://humanities.uchicago.edu/homes/VSA/Candide/Candide.letter.html)
Ram, ain't you ashamed?"
"He calls me by my name," said she, "and he attempts to disown me. Ha!
and pinching, and punching the bystanders, a malady well known under the
certain ladies, of paying off some scores, which it is not thought decent
don't let her follow me."
The gens d'armes, who little comprehended the nature of the scene before
recovery, and accordingly seized the opportunity to march on with
"meurtriers" and "scelerats" from the mob, that fell fortunately most
force of Trevanion's reasonings, and I resolved to leave Paris at once.
"Promise me, then, to involve yourself in no more scrapes for half-an-
I shall be here with your passport and all ready for a start."
With a beating brain, and in a whirlwind of conflicting thoughts, I threw
flitting every instant before my imagination, and frequently an
down musing upon a chair, and half determined to stay where I was, coute
weight. I continued my occupation till the last coat was folded, and the
impatiently for my friend's return.
EBOOK EDITOR'S BOOKMARKS:
Devilish hot work, this, said the colonel
Enough is as good as a.
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