# Candide

by [Voltaire](https://localbooks.app/authors/voltaire)

- Genres: [Humor & Satire](https://localbooks.app/genres/literary-fiction/humor-and-satire)
- Set in: [Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal](https://localbooks.app/places/pt/lisbon/lisbon); [Istanbul, Istanbul, Türkiye](https://localbooks.app/places/tr/istanbul/istanbul); [El Dorado](https://localbooks.app/places/mythic-realms/el-dorado) (Mythic Realms, not a real place)
- Audience: Adult
- Published: 1759
- Pages: 152

## Description

Candide is taught that this is the best of all possible worlds, then gets kicked out of a Westphalian castle for kissing the baron's daughter. War, the Lisbon earthquake, the Inquisition, shipwreck and a detour through El Dorado put his tutor's optimism to a brutal test in this fast, savage satire.

## Where to buy

- [Open Library (ebook)](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL100672W)
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