{"product_id":"candide","title":"Candide","description":"\u003cp\u003e\nThe philosophical problem of evil—that a supposedly good God could allow terrible human suffering—troubled the minds of eighteenth-century thinkers as it troubles us today. Voltaire’s classic novel \u003cem\u003eCandide\u003c\/em\u003e relates the misadventures of a young optimist who leaves his sheltered childhood to find his way in a cruel and irrational world. Fast-paced and full of dark humor, the novel mocks the suggestion that “all is well” and challenges us to create a better world.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\nThis Broadview Edition follows the text of a 1759 English translation that was released concurrently with Voltaire’s first French edition. \u003cem\u003eCandide\u003c\/em\u003e is supplemented by Voltaire’s most important poetic and humanistic writings on God and evil, the \u003cem\u003ePoem upon the Destruction of Lisbon\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eWe Must Take Sides\u003c\/em\u003e. The editor’s introduction situates the novel in its philosophical and intellectual setting; the appendices include other writings by Voltaire, as well as related writings by Bayle, Leibniz, Pope, Rousseau, and others that place the work in its poetic, philosophical, and humanistic contexts.\n\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Broadview Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":66233329221981,"sku":null,"price":19.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1041\/3893\/2573\/files\/9781551117461.jpg?v=1792199941","url":"https:\/\/shop.gazellebookservices.co.uk\/products\/candide","provider":"Gazelle Book Services","version":"1.0","type":"link"}