Candide and Other Stories (World's Classics) by Roger Pearson, Voltaire

Candide and Other Stories (World's Classics)

Roger Pearson, Voltaire

301 pages first pub 1759 (editions)

fiction classics philosophy short stories adventurous slow-paced
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Candide is the most famous of Voltaire's "philosophical tales," in which he combined witty improbabilities with the sanest of good sense. First published in 1759, it was an instant bestseller and has come to be regarded as one of the key texts of ...

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