Candide Voltaire

Candide is the most read and published work by Voltaire (the real name is François-Marie Arouet).
The characters of the story – Candide, his friend Cunégonde and his mentor Pangloss – go around the world; they are present at the Seven Year’s War, seizure of Azov by Russians, Lisbon earthquake, and even visit a fairy-tale land Eldorado…