Voltaire

Candide Annotated Voltaire

Candide, ou l'Optimisme (/k?n?di?d/ kon-DEED, French: [k??did] (About this soundlisten)) is a French satire first published in 1759 by Voltaire, a philosopher of the Age of Enlightenment. The novella has been widely translated, with English versions titled Candide: or, All for the Best (1759); Candide: or, The Optimist (1762); and Candide: Optimism (1947