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Author Voltaire
Narrator Andrew Sachs
Duration 3h 30m
Voltaire and Pangloss travel the world looking for the good in life, but can they find it? Candide and his tutor Pangloss travel the globe trying to follow the philosophy 'All is for the best in this, the best of all possible worlds'. However, they are stung and let down at every turn, being robbed, tortured and ridiculed, amongst other trials. On...
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Author Voltaire
Narrator Neville Jason
Duration 7h 3m
Voltaire's razor-sharp satire on philosophical optimism 'Candide' is coupled here with another of the author's most celebrated works, 'Zadig'. Both challenge the moral and philosophical orthodoxies of the day with humour and sly wit, whilst parodying the formulae of so many contemporary novels.
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