If you have a solid, basic knowledge of French grammar and a moderately-developed range of vocabulary, you should find pleasure in reading this novel in the original French with the help of the Vocabulary Keys: lists of vocabulary words and phrases with their translations found on each page. When Candide was first published, it's thinly veiled political satire, blasphemy, and humorous attacks on intellectualism caused great scandal. More recently, it is seen to be Voltaire's magnum opus in which he attacks with ridicule, caricatures and satire the philosphers, theologians, politicians, armed...