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Candide

Second  Edition©2016 Voltaire; Daniel Gordon

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This new edition of Candide, by Voltaire, with Related Documents continues to preserve the provocative nature of Voltaire's portrayal of eighteenth-century European society while placing the work and its author in historical context. Daniel Gordon’s translation enhances Candide’s readability and highlights the text’s wit and satire for twenty-first century readers. The revised introduction provides insight into Voltaire’s views on slavery, showing students how the complexities of Voltaire’s life relate to the events, philosophy, and characters of Candide. An expanded Related Documents section further reveals Voltaire’s relation to slavery with new extracts from The Black Code and Voltaire’s own work on the subject. Helpful editorial features include explanatory notes throughout the text, a chronology of Voltaire’s life, questions for consideration, and a selected bibliography.

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Table of Contents

Foreword
Preface
Maps and Illustrations

PART ONE
INTRODUCTION: The Paradoxes of Voltaire

The Duality of Voltaire

Voltaire and the Old Regime
Absolute Monarchy
Nobility
Religion
Slavery

Candide
The Unhappy Voltaire
Voltaire against Leibniz
Ridicule, Sex, Irony

Note on Voltaire’s Vocabulary and the Present Translation

PART TWO
Candide, or Optimism

PART THREE
Related Documents
1. Voltaire, Letter to Catherine-Olympe du Noyer, November 28, 1713
2. Voltaire, Letter to Frederick, Crown Prince of Prussia, October 15, 1737
3. Voltaire, Letter to François-Thomas-Marie de Baculard d'Arnaud, October 14, 1749
4. Voltaire, Letter to Jean-Robert Tronchin, November 24, 1755
5. Omer Joly de Fleury, Letter to Henry- Léonard-Jean-Baptiste Bertin, February 24, 1759
6. Voltaire, Letter to Gabriel and Philibert Cramer, February 25, 1759
7. Élie Fréron, Review of Candide, 1759
8. Le Code Noir (Black Code), 1685
9. Voltaire, Essay on the Customs and Spirit of Nations, 1756/1761

APPENDIXES
A Voltaire Chronology (1694-1791)
Questions for Consideration
Selected Bibliography

Index of Key Concepts

 

Voltaire

Daniel Gordon