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Title details for Candide by Voltaire - Available

Candide

French Edition

by Voltaire
Bernard
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Candide est un jeune garçon vivant au château du baron de Thunder-ten-tronckh qui se trouve en Westphalien 6. Il a pour maître Pangloss, philosophe qui enseigne la métaphysico-théologo-cosmolonigologie un 7, et qui professait, l'instar de Leibniz, que l'on vit dans le meilleur des mondes possibles. Candide est chassé de ce meilleur des mondes possibles la suite d'un baiser interdit échangé avec Cunégonde, la fille du Baron. Candide découvre alors le monde, et va de déconvenue en déconvenue sur les chemins d'un long voyage initiatique.

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  • Release date

    April 19, 2017

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781518946394
      • File size: 109800 KB
      • Duration: 03:48:44

  • Languages

    • French

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      There's no question that CANDIDE, written in 1759, is a classic and Voltaire's masterpiece, but most people today probably don't know it. This audio version is an easy-to-swallow rendition in which narrator Martyn Swain seems to be having quite a good time telling the story. He mostly uses accents to portray the many characters, and his range of accents is impressive, including those of various British regions and classes, along with French, German, Dutch, Italian, and Portuguese. Swain doesn't work too hard to hold the story together because, frankly, it doesn't. What matters is Voltaire's biting wit and Candide's unconquerable navet as he pursues his beloved Cunegonde across the world. This is not a novel in the modern sense, but a rollicking fun story. D.M.H. © AudioFile 2025, Portland, Maine

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