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Candide

By Voltaire

2019-05-09 20:31:26

A book for those desiring to contemplate life, Voltaire subtly challenges the reader’s complacent view of the world through extreme, and often gruesome, exaggeration. Written in 1759, it tells the story of Candide, who gets kicked out of the ca ... Read more
A book for those desiring to contemplate life, Voltaire subtly challenges the reader’s complacent view of the world through extreme, and often gruesome, exaggeration. Written in 1759, it tells the story of Candide, who gets kicked out of the castle, forced to serve on a boat, shipwrecked, robbed, tortured, and on and on, without losing his desire to continue forward in life. Less

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File size212.039 KB
Print pages46
PublisherPublic Domain Books
Publication date2017-04-22
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9781640320413
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Voltaire
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In 1694, Age of Enlightenment leader Francois-Marie Arouet, known as Voltaire, was born in Paris. Jesuit-educated, he began writing clever verses by the age of 12. He launched a lifelong, successful p...

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