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Candide (version 3)

by VOLTAIRE (1694 - 1778)

The Visit to Lord Pococurante, a Noble Venetian

Ever since 1759, when Voltaire wrote "Candide" in ridicule of the notion that this is the best of all possible worlds, this world has been a gayer place for readers. Voltaire wrote it in three days, and five or six generations have found that its laughter does not grow old. - Summary by Philip Littell

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Listen next episodes of Candide (version 3):
Candide's Voyage to Constantinople , How Candide found Cunegonde and the Old Woman again , Of a Supper which Candide and Martin took with Six Strangers, and who they were , The Conclusion , What happened to Candide, Cunegonde, Pangloss, Martin, etc.