Candide and other stories

Candide, published simultaneously in five European capitals in 1759, became an instant bestseller and is now regarded by many as one of the key texts of the Enlightenment. Voltaire's preoccupations with evil and with various kinds of human folly and intolerance found a perfect vehicle in the philosophical tale, and he published many besides Candide. A master story-teller, he combined often wildly entertaining action with profoundly serious sense, parodying the traditional chivalric and Oriental tales with which his public was more familiar. This brilliant new translation includes four major stories in addition to Candide: Micromegas, Zadig, The Ingenu, and The White Bull.