title: Candide, with eBook (Tantor Unabridged Classics)
author: Voltaire
description: Francois Marie Arouet (16941778)pen name Voltairewas one of France's greatest writers and philosophers. His best-known works include Zadig, Candide, and the Dictionnaire Philosophique.
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  Title: Candide
  
  
  
  
  
  Author: Voltaire
  
  
  
  
  
  Commentator: Philip Littell
  
  
  
  
  
  Release Date: November 27, 2006 [EBook #19942]
  
  
  
  
  
  Language: English
  
  
  
  
  
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