
Candide is a nave youth stubbornly adhering to the notion that "all is for the best in this, the best of all possible worlds," despite being cast into a flood of misfortunes and picaresque misadventures that take him around the world.
Whether Candide and optimism itself emerges unscathed in the end, hinges upon his own deceptively simple words: "let us cultivate our garden."
| kathryn v johnson jeffery deaver hamdy a taha andrew mcgill hans walter heldt | s v blakeslee deepa sn sudarshan s rynearson edward k m d vajpayee atal bihari |