| Title | : | Candide, or Optimism |
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| Author | : | Francois Voltaire & Theo Cuffe |
| Release | : | 2021-02-25 |
| Kind | : | audiobook |
| Genre | : | Fiction |
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| 1 | Candide, or Optimism | Francois Voltaire & Theo Cuffe |
| Brought to you by Penguin. This Penguin Classic is performed by Ben Lloyd-Hughes, best known for Divergent, Me Before You and The Inbetweeners. This definitive recording includes an introduction by Michael Wood. Brought up in the household of a powerful Baron, Candide is an open-minded young man, whose tutor, Pangloss, has instilled in him the belief that 'all is for the best'. But when his love for the Baron's rosy-cheeked daughter is discovered, Candide is cast out to make his own way in the world. And so he and his various companions begin a breathless tour of Europe, South America and Asia, as an outrageous series of disasters befall them - earthquakes, syphilis, a brush with the Inquisition, murder - sorely testing the young hero's optimism. © Michael Wood 2006 (P) Penguin Audio 2021 |
