A master storyteller, Voltaire combined wildly entertaining action with profoundly serious sense, parodying the traditional tales with which his public was more familiar to create a witty allegory of a young man whose optimum gives way to disillusionment.
A master storyteller, Voltaire combined wildly entertaining action with profoundly serious sense, parodying the traditional tales with which his public was more familiar to create a witty allegory of a young man whose optimum gives way to disillusionment.
Voltaire, Candide, Complete, Unabridged