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Written by Francois Voltaire - Audio book performed by Tom Whitworth - Unabridged Fiction - 3 COMPACT DISCS - 3.5 hours - 5 minute tracks

Publisher, Tantor Media (June 2005)

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This is the tale of the happy but ill-fated Candide, and his progressive disillusionment with the idea that we live in the best of all possible worlds. His tutor, Dr. Pangloss embodies this philosophy of good cheer, even in the face ever more absurd misfortunes. Luckily Candide's other companions provide an over-supply of good sense.

In this witty political satire, a gentle man plagued by misfortune who clings to the belief that "all is for the best", Voltaire mocks the "eternal optimist" philosophy of his day that proclaimed human and natural disasters are a part of a larger cosmic plan.