Candide by Voltaire

Candide

Voltaire

180 pages first pub 1759 (editions)

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It 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 mentor, Professor Pangloss. The work describes the abrupt cessation of this li...

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