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Candide & Other Works by Voltaire

sarinha's review against another edition

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Just read the Candide and optimism and it was amazing - 5 stars. Just didn't feel motivated to read the rest 

randerson's review against another edition

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3.0

I thoroughly enjoyed Candide and The Ingénu, but the other two stories didn’t quite hit as hard. But damn Voltaire really called it as it is

benkika's review against another edition

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5.0

For Candide and The Ingéngu

daaan's review against another edition

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3.0

The version I read contained Candide/The Ingenus/Zadig/Nanine, listed in descending order of merit. Candide is an excellent story with a good "moral" (don't assume others are happy for all their status, instead learn to be happy where you are). The ingenu is a raucous description and criticism of french society. Zadig is a hopelessly naive tale of enlightenment delusions. Nanine is a pedestrian polemic against distinctions of class.
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