Candide
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Originally published | January 1759 |
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Authors | Voltaire |
Original title | Candide, ou l'Optimisme |
Original language | French |
Characters | Pangloss |
Cunégonde | |
Cacambo | |
The baron of Thunder-ten-Tronckh | |
The Old Lady | |
Candide | |
Martin | |
Genres | Satire |
Picaresque Fiction | |
Bildungsroman | |
Philosophical Fiction | |
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ID | 807381 |
About Candide
Candide, ou l'Optimisme is a French satire first published in 1759 by Voltaire, a philosopher of the Age of Enlightenment. The novella has been widely translated, with English versions titled Candide: or, All for the Best; Candide: or, The Optimist; and Candide: Optimism.