Candide
About this audiobook
After being expelled from a sheltered paradise, the naively optimistic Candide endures a catastrophic globetrotting journey of war, shipwreck, and catastrophe that hilariously dismantles the belief that “all is for the best in the best of all possible worlds.”
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About the author
Voltaire (1694–1778)—the pen name of François-Marie Arouet—was the quintessential wit and provocateur of the French Enlightenment. A fearless critic of religious fanaticism, institutional tyranny, and intellectual dogmatism, his razor-sharp essays, plays, and philosophical satires—most famously his blistering masterpiece Candide—helped define the modern spirit of free speech, tolerance, and humanism.
Called “a master in his field” by The New York Times and “in a class by himself” by Oprah Daily, Edoardo Ballerini is an award-winning and celebrated narrator of audiobooks.
