Candide - Voltaire by Voltaire
Brought up in the household of a powerful Baron, Candide is an open-minded young man, whose tutor, Pangloss, has instilled in him the belief that all is for the best. But when his love for the Barons rosy-cheeked daughter is discovered, Candide is cast out to make his own way in the world., And so he and his various companions begin a breathless tour of Europe, South America and Asia, as an outrageous series of disasters befall them - earthquakes, syphilis, a brush with the Inquisition, murder - sorely testing the young heros optimism.
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Candide - Voltaire
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Category: Classic
Narrator: Andrew Sachs
Tags: Classic, Literature
Brought up in the household of a powerful Baron, Candide is an open-minded young man, whose tutor, Pangloss, has instilled in him the belief that all is for the best. But when his love for the Barons rosy-cheeked daughter is discovered, Candide is cast out to make his own way in the world., And so he and his various companions begin a breathless tour of Europe, South America and Asia, as an outrageous series of disasters befall them - earthquakes, syphilis, a brush with the Inquisition, murder - sorely testing the young heros optimism.
