Candide and Other Stories by Voltaire

Candide and Other Stories

Voltaire

471 pages first pub 1759 (editions)

fiction short stories
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Voltaire was an angry man, but he knew the power of laughter. In Candide, his bellow of rage against the unceasing brutality of the Age of Reason, he chooses to ridicule as his primary weapon. Millionaire, courtier, jailbird and genius, Voltaire l...

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