Candide, Part II
| Author | perhaps Thorel de Campigneulles or Henri Joseph Du Laurens |
|---|---|
| Original title | Candide, ou l'Optimisme |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
| Genre(s) | Satire, Picaresque novel |
| Publisher | |
| Publication date | 1760 |
Candide, or Optimism — Part II is an apocryphal picaresque novel, possibly written by Thorel de Campigneulles
(1737-1809) or Henri Joseph
Du Laurens (1719-1797), published in 1760.[1] The prequel, Candide, was written by Voltaire and had been published a year earlier
(1759). This work was banned and became popular enough that pirated versions started to
appear.[1] The second part was attributed to both
Campigneulles — "a now largely unknown writer of third-rate moralising novels;" and Laurens — who is suspected of having
habitually plagiarised Voltaire.[1] The story continued
with Candide new adventures in the Ottoman Empire,
See also
- Candide, the prequel to Candide, Part II
Footnotes
References
- Clark, Roger. Candide, Wordsworth Classics ISBN 9781853260636
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