Candide and Other Stories pdf

弗朗索瓦-玛丽·阿鲁埃（François-Marie Arouet，1694 年 11 月 21 日 - 1778 年 5 月 30 日）是法国启蒙运动作家、历史学家和哲学家。他以他的化名伏尔泰而闻名，他以机智和对基督教——尤其是罗马天主教会——和奴隶制的批评而闻名。伏尔泰是言论自由、宗教自由和政教分离的倡导者。

伏尔泰是一位多才多艺且多产的作家，创作了几乎所有文学形式的作品，包括戏剧、诗歌、小说、散文、历史和科学论述。他写了 20,000 多封信件和 2,000 本书和小册子。伏尔泰是第一批在国际上享有盛誉并在商业上取得成功的作家之一。他是公民自由的直言不讳的倡导者，并且不断受到法国天主教君主制严格审查法的威胁。他的论战讽刺了当时的偏执、宗教教条和法国制度。他最著名的作品和巨著《老实人》是一部中篇小说，它评论、批评和嘲笑他那个时代的许多事件、思想家和哲学。

Candide and Other Stories pdf 伏尔泰

Candide is the most famous of Voltaire's "philosophical tales," in which he combined witty improbabilities with the sanest of good sense. First published in 1759, it was an instant bestseller and has come to be regarded as one of the key texts of the Enlightenment. What Candide does for chivalric romance, the other tales in this selection--Micromegas, Zadig, The Ingenu, and The White Bull--do for science fiction, the Oriental tale, the sentimental novel, and the Old Testament. The most extensive one-volume selection currently available, this new edition includes a new verse translation of the story Voltaire based on Chaucer's The Wife of Bath's Tale: What Pleases the Ladies and opens with a revised introduction that reflects recent critical debates, including a new section on Candide.