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.