Download or read book Candide written by Voltaire and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 1993-01-01 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Voltaire's brilliant satire, in the original French, with a new and exacting English translation on the opposing page. Through the adventures of Candide, we experience life's most crushing misfortunes, see the redeeming wisdom those misfortunes can bring — all the while enjoying Voltaire's witty burlesque of human excess.