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Author: Voltaire

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Title: Candide

Author: Voltaire

Description: Voltaire's 1759 masterpiece follows young Candide through wars, shipwrecks, the Lisbon earthquake and the Inquisition while his tutor insists this is the best of all possible worlds. The funniest attack on blind optimism ever written.

Pages: 86

Size: 1.57 MB

Format: PDF

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