This view was largely borrowed from his English counterparts. Voltaire wanted his native Paris to be more like London. One of his more famous works is Letters concerning the English Nation, in which he first proposes to the French citizens the views of Locke and Newton. Voltaire' most famous work is Candide, a satire published in 1759. Here Voltaire steps outside the stage of the Enlightenment and pokes fun at many of its crucial elements, mainly that man can improve himself and his environment.