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Voltaire is truly exceedingly discreet and should be congratulated for his masterful decision to invent a fictional pope, Pope Urban X, instead of an existing pope, as to not offend the papacy. How genius! How clever! How exceedingly discreet! How incredibly fortuitous! How magnanimous! How
Voltaire is truly exceedingly discreet and should be congratulated for his masterful decision to invent a fictional pope, Pope Urban X, instead of an existing pope, as to not offend the papacy. How genius! How clever! How exceedingly discreet! How incredibly fortuitous! How magnanimous! How
adventurous
challenging
funny
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
There seems to be quite a large swathe of literature that follows a young man who, despite great hardship, manages to succeed in his life and end the novel in the best possible place. This book falls squarely in that category.
Candide is a privileged young man, living with his uncle’s family in a castle. After being caught in a compromising position with his uncle’s daughter, he is sent away.
Here is where his life really begins.
The journey that he goes on is somewhat fantastical and can seem to be completely false. Which, of course, it is. And there is a lot of discussion of more philosophical topics which can be quite amusing as well as actually quite interesting.
Candide is a privileged young man, living with his uncle’s family in a castle. After being caught in a compromising position with his uncle’s daughter, he is sent away.
Here is where his life really begins.
The journey that he goes on is somewhat fantastical and can seem to be completely false. Which, of course, it is. And there is a lot of discussion of more philosophical topics which can be quite amusing as well as actually quite interesting.
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
A really really chaotic read. Pretty dense and really fast paced. A good read if previously read a bit of context, when it was written, about the times and etc
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
A classic philosophical satire that shits on Leibnitz's philosophy of optimism or 'everything's for the best'.
A beautiful piece of work. A beautiful and pessimistic, or rather realistic answer to the philosophy of theological optimism.
Came across some golden quotes in the likes of,
"What is this optimism? It is the madness of maintaining that everything is right when it is wrong"
"But for what end, then, has this world been formed? - To plague us to death."
A beautiful piece of work. A beautiful and pessimistic, or rather realistic answer to the philosophy of theological optimism.
Came across some golden quotes in the likes of,
"What is this optimism? It is the madness of maintaining that everything is right when it is wrong"
"But for what end, then, has this world been formed? - To plague us to death."
a man from the 1700s had no business making me laugh like that- this is so quintessentially absurdist i loved it
adventurous
dark
funny
informative
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes