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Candide

Or, the Optimist

Voltaire · Translated by The Modern Library

English · 1759 · Fiction · Philosophy

Voltaire's satirical tale sends a naive young man through a series of disasters, read for its sharp mockery of philosophical optimism.

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Source text: Standard Ebooks (original); CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication). Translation by The Modern Library. Re-typeset by ClassicBooksPress.com.