{"product_id":"candide-voltaire-9798898780517","title":"Candide","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn a gilded Westphalian castle, young Candide is taught by his tutor Pangloss that this is, without question, the best of all possible worlds. Then he is cast out into it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat follows is one of literature's most ferocious comic odysseys: a relentless cavalcade of war, shipwreck, earthquake, betrayal, and absurdity that drags Candide across continents in pursuit of his beloved Cunégonde, all while testing-and gleefully demolishing-the philosophy he was raised to believe. Pirates, inquisitors, noblemen, and a wandering scholar named Martin populate a world that seems determined to prove optimism wrong at every turn, yet Candide presses on, accumulating catastrophe with the cheerful persistence of a man who hasn't yet noticed the joke is on him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEqual parts satire, adventure, and philosophical provocation, \u003cem\u003eCandide\u003c\/em\u003e remains one of the sharpest, funniest, and most subversive works ever written. Voltaire's targets-religious hypocrisy, blind optimism, the cruelty of power, the follies of the Enlightenment's own certainties-land with startling precision more than two and a half centuries later. Brisk, biting, and endlessly quotable, this slim novel has lost none of its bite.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA masterpiece of wit and rebellion, perfect for readers of satire, philosophy, and anyone who has ever been told that everything happens for a reason.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Voltaire\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798898780517\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Martino Fine Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/20\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 132\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.41lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.31d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.3\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 5\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Upper Grade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eQuiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e28450 \/ Candide\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Voltaire","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49097383477503,"sku":"9798898780517","price":5.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/candide-voltaire-9798898780517","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}