"Candide, seconde partie" is an amusing, instructive and sometimes naughty imitation of Voltaire's masterpiece. A continuation of Candide's pilgrimage through a strange and cruel world, the story is a satire in the manner of Voltaire, and picks up many of the original tale's characters as well as its pet themes. To some extent, the book tells us a great deal about the spirit in which contemporary readers understood Voltaire's wit and satire. At the same time, it allows today's reader to take another look at Candide itself. It appeared bound with Voltaire's original in 1760. It went through many French editions in the 1760s and 1770s and was translated into English as soon as it appeared. Many thoughtful and cultured readers opined at the time that the work was by Voltaire himself. It has not been published in French since 1877 although it is widely available in an English-language translation. This text should interest specialists and could serve as a primary text in graduate level courses on 18th-century French literature and, more specifically, Voltaire himself, as well as courses dealing with the problem of authorship and imitation.

伏尔泰

一六九四 ～ 一七七八

法国思想家、文学家、哲学家，十八世纪法国资产阶级启蒙运动的泰斗和灵魂。主要作品有哲理小说《老实人》《天真汉》《查第格》，历史著作《查理十二史》《风俗论》，哲学著作《哲学词典》《哲学书简》等。

傅雷

一九〇八 ～ 一九六六

著名文学翻译家、文艺评论家。从二十世纪三十年代起致力于法国文学的翻译介绍工作，毕生翻译作品三十余部，译文以传神为特色，更兼行文流畅，用字丰富，工于色彩变化。