Published in 1759, Voltaire's Candide is a book tied into the reality of the time it was written; it camouflages Voltaire's frustration of the time. Candide is a book meant to explore the ideas of enlightenment, and how people of that time would use reason in place of faith (Catherine Lavender Par. 1). Voltaire was born François-Marie Arouet to a middle class family in Paris on November 21, 1694. However, there is confusion as to whether that is …showed first 75 words of 1353 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1353 total…gallery.euroweb.hu/database/glossary/illustr2/voltaire.html> Lavender, Catherine. François Marie Arouet de Voltaire's Candide, or Optimism (1759). January 31, 2001. The College of Staten Island of the City University of New York. July 19, 2003 <http://www.library.csi.cuny.edu/dept/history/lavender/candide.html> Tackett, Timothy N. Enlightenment, Age of. Microsoft® Encarta® Online Encyclopedia 2003. July 20, 2003. <http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/refpages/RefArticle.aspx?refid=761571679#bottom> Voltaire, Candide, England: Penguin Classics (1947)