Candide

Written by Voltaire

Narrated by LibriVox Community

Candide is a relentless, brutal assault on government, society, religion, education, and, above all, optimism. Dr. Pangloss teaches his young students Candide and Cunegonde that everything in this world is for the best, a sentiment they cling to as the world steps in to teach them otherwise. The novel is brilliant, hilarious, blasphemous. . . and Voltaire never admitted to writing it.

• Language: English
• Publisher: LibriVox
• Release date: Aug 25, 2014

Voltaire

Voltaire was the pen name of François-Marie Arouet (1694–1778)a French philosopher and an author who was as prolific as he was influential. In books, pamphlets and plays, he startled, scandalized and inspired his age with savagely sharp satire that unsparingly attacked the most prominent institutions of his day, including royalty and the Roman Catholic Church. His fiery support of freedom of speech and religion, of the separation of church and state, and his intolerance for abuse of power can be seen as ahead of his time, but earned him repeated imprisonments and exile before they won him fame and adulation.

Reviews for Candide

[Gail Ravin Starr · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Good acting, but someone should verify the pronunciation of words in other languages. The errors were rather annoying. Also, having the Librivox announcement at the end and beginning of all 30 chapters is jarring.

[Trena · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

I like the book, but not the interruptions between each chapter. It is very annoying.