Candide
by Voltaire
Candide, ou l'Optimisme (in French) is a French satire written in 1759 by Voltaire, a philosopher of the Age of Enlightenment. The novella has been widely translated, with English versions titled Candide: or, All for the Best (1759); Candide: or, The Optimist (1762); and Candide: or, Optimism (1947). The novella begins with a young man, Candide, who is living a sheltered life in an Edenic paradise and being indoctrinated with Leibnizian optimism (or simply optimism) by his tutor, Pangloss.
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Candide
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Candide
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Forgotten Memories ... With illustrations by Vernon Soper
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Candide
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Candide
by VOLTAIRE (Francois Marie Arouet)
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Candide
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Candide
by Voltaire (François Marie Arouet)
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Candide
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Candide - and Other Romances
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Candide
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Candide (Two Volumes)
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Candide: or Optimism
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Candide (Chump Change Edition)
by Voltaire
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Candide (Penguin Popular Classics)
by Voltaire
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Candide
by Voltaire (Jean Francois Marie Arouet de)
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