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Originally published January 1759
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
GenresSatire
Picaresque Fiction
Bildungsroman
Philosophical Fiction
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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.

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