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Candide 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).[6] It begins with a young man, Candide, who is living a sheltered life in an Edenic paradise and being indoctrinated with Leibnizian optimism by his mentor, Professor Pangloss. The work describes the abrupt cessation of this lifestyle, followed by Candide's slow and painful disillusionment as he witnesses and experiences great hardships in the world. Voltaire concludes with Candide, if not rejecting Leibnizian optimism outright, advocating a deeply practical precept, "we must cultivate our garden", in lieu of the Leibnizian mantra of Pangloss, "all is for the best" in the "best of all possible worlds". Candide is characterized by its tone as well as by its erratic, fantastical, and fast-moving plot. A picaresque novel with a story similar to that of a more serious coming-of-age narrative (Bildungsroman), it parodies many adventure and romance clichés, the struggles of which are caricatured in a tone that is bitter and matter-of-fact. Still, the events discussed are often based on historical happenings, such as the Seven Years' War and the 1755 Lisbon earthquake.[8] As philosophers of Voltaire's day contended with the problem of evil, so does Candide in this short novel, albeit more directly and humorously. Voltaire ridicules religion, theologians, governments, armies, philosophies, and philosophers. Through Candide, he assaults Leibniz and his optimism.

Excerpt from Candide: And Other RomancesYou have heard of the horrible event at Lisbon. The town swallowed up in an earthquake, a hundred thousand souls buried in the ruins, Seville damaged, Cadiz submerged. Here is a terrible argument against Optimism. In the midst of such terrible events it is shameful to think of one 's own affairs.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Romances, Novels, and Tal, Vol. 2How Candid was brought up in a magnificent Cafile, and how he was driven from thence.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Raised by her grandparents when her mother chooses drugs over her daughter, Erin knows she isn't like other kids. Then her world is shaken a second time by her mother's reappearance.Being a teenager is never easy, but just when Erin thinks she has her life on track, her mother shows up and warms her way back into Erin's life. Can an addict really ever kick the addiction? How many lives will be affected?

Excerpt from The Works of Voltaire, Vol. 1: Introductory and Biographical; Victor Hugo's Oration; Candide; Poetical Dissertations, Part IWere we to form an estimate of Voltaire's char acter and transcendent ability through such a tem perate non-sectarian writer as the Hon. John Mor ley, we would conclude with him that when the right sense of historical proportion is more fully developed in men's minds, the name of Voltaire will stand out like the names of the great decisive movements in the European advance, like the Re vival of Learning, or the Reformation, and that the existence, character, and career of Voltaire consti tute in themselves a new and prodigious era. We would further agree with Morley, that no sooner did the rays of Voltaire's burning and far-shining spirit strike upon the genius of tne time, seated dark and dead like the black stone Of Memnon's statue, than the clang of the breaking chord was heard through Europe and men awoke in a new day and more spacious air. And we would prob ably say of Voltaire what he magnanimously said of his contemporary, Montesquieu, that humanity had lost its title-deeds and he had recovered them.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Candide: And Other Romances You have heard of the horrible event at Lisbon. The town swallowed up in an earthquake, a hundred thousand souls buried in the ruins, Seville damaged, Cadiz submerged. Here is a terrible argument against Optimism. In the midst of such terrible events it is shameful to think of one 's own affairs. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from The Works of Voltaire, Vol. 34: A Contemporary VersionSuch also are the histories of the emperor Charles VI of Prince Eugene, and many others.In this manner has the noble art of printing been made to serve the purposes of the Vilest traffic. A Dutch book seller orders a book to be written, just as a manufacturer gives directions for weaving a piece of cloth; and unhap pily there are authors to be found, whose necessities oblige them to sell their labors to these dealers, like work men, for hire; hence arise these insipid panegyrics, and defamatory libels, with which the public is overrun, and is one of the most shameful Vices Of the age.Never did history stand more in need of authentic vouchers, than at this time, when so infamous a traffic is made of falsehood. The author who now offers to the public' 'the History of the Russian Empire under Peter the Great is the same who thirty years ago wrote the History of Charles XII., from the papers of several eminent persons in public stations, who had lived with that monarch for a considerable time. The present his tory is a confirmation of, and supplement to, the former.And here the author thinks himself obliged, out Of respect to the public, and a regard for truth, to bring to View an undeniable testimony of the degree of credit due to the History of Charles XII.Not long since, the king of Poland and duke of Lorraine ordered that work to be read over a second time to him at Commercy, when he was struck with the truth of a multitude of facts, to which he himself had been eye -witness, and so incensed at the boldness with which certain libellers and journalists had controverted their authenticity, that he resolved to enforce, by the authority of his own testimony, the credit due to the historian; and as it was not proper for him to write himself, he ordered one of the great officers of his household, to draw up the following, in the form of a certificate.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Romances, Novels, and Tales, Vol. 1Zadig. Epiftle Dedicatory, 5 The Blind of one Eye, 9 The N ofe, 13, The Dog and Horfe, I 5 The Envious man,r 207 The Generous, 26 The Miniller, 29' The Difputes and'the Audiences 31' Jealoufy, 3 5 The Woman beaten, 4: Slavery, 4 51 The funeral File, 48' The Supper, 52 The Rendezvous, 57 The Robber, 60 The Fifherman, 64. The Bafilifk, 69 The Combats, 78 The Hermit, 8 3.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.