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Categories: Fictional French people, Cannibalism in fiction, Novels set in Germany, Novels by Voltaire, Comedy literature characters
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Candide  All is for the best in this best of all possible worlds  Cacambo  Candide, or Optimism  Candide, ou l'Optimisme
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Candide, ou l'Optimisme is a French satire written by Voltaire, a philosopher of the Age of Enlightenment, first published in 1759. Wikipedia
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Candide, ou l'Optimisme is a French satire written by Voltaire, a philosopher of the Age of Enlightenment, first published in 1759. Wikipedia
French satire by the Enlightenment philosopher Voltaire. Wikipedia Disambiguation
1759 book by Voltaire Wikidata
IS A
literary work
PART OF
Index Librorum Prohibitorum
AUTHOR
Voltaire
CHARACTERS
Cunégonde
Pangloss
COPYRIGHT STATUS
public domain
COUNTRY
France
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN
France
Kingdom of France
DERIVATIVE WORK
Candide
Candide ou l'optimisme au XXe siècle
Candy
DESCRIBED BY SOURCE
The Nuttall Encyclopædia
GENRE
novelette
Bildungsroman
ILLUSTRATOR
Jean-Michel Moreau
LANGUAGE OF WORK OR NAME
French
MAIN SUBJECT
love
philosophy
slavery
travel
war
+4 relations
NARRATIVE LOCATION
Brazil
Bulgaria
El Dorado
Great Britain
Holy Roman Empire
+8 relations
SET IN PERIOD
1750s
TIME PERIOD
Enlightenment
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Candide
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Candide
Wikipedia Redirections
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All is for the best in this best of all possible worlds, Cacambo, Candide, or Optimism, Candide, ou l'Optimisme, Candide: or, All is for the Best, Candide: or, Optimism, Candide: or, The Optimist, Candide (character), Candide ou L'Optimisme, Doctor Pangloss, Dr. Pangloss, Dr Pangloss, L'Optimisme, Martin (Candide), Metaphysico-theologo-cosmonigology, Pan gloss, Panglossian pessimism, pour encourager les autres, Professor Pangloss
Wikidata Alias
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Candide: Optimism, Candide: or, All for the Best, Candide: or, The Optimist, Voltaire, 1694-1778. Candide

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