Candide, or Optimism
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Micromegas
- By: Voltaire, Audible Sleep
- Narrated by: Prentice Onayemi
- Length: 59 mins
- Original Recording
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Performance12
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If we were as tiny as ants to another being, what would they make of our philosophies? The great satirist Voltaire imagines alien visitors who have opinions. Bedtime stories are narrated by the world's most celebrated voices....
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amazing sleep
- By Hutchiemay on 09-05-24
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Micromegas
- Narrated by: Prentice Onayemi
- Length: 59 mins
- Release date: 14-05-20
- Language: English
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Candide [CSA Word]
- By: Voltaire
- Narrated by: Andrew Sachs
- Length: 3 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall330
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Performance269
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Story270
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"....
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Tres bizarre
- By Clare on 28-03-13
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Candide [CSA Word]
- Narrated by: Andrew Sachs
- Length: 3 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 29-01-08
- Language: English
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Candide (Gildan Media Edition)
- By: Voltaire
- Narrated by: Don Hagen
- Length: 3 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall30
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Performance22
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Candide is a French satire written in 1759 by Voltaire, a philosopher of the Age of Enlightenment. One of the finest satires ever written, this lively tale follows the absurdly melodramatic adventures of the youthful Candide, who is forced into the army, flogged, shipwrecked, betrayed, robbed...
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Always a delightful book - perfectly narrated.
- By William Farrar on 15-11-17
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Candide (Gildan Media Edition)
- Narrated by: Don Hagen
- Length: 3 hrs and 42 mins
- Release date: 16-09-10
- Language: English
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Candide and Zadig
- By: Voltaire
- Narrated by: Neville Jason
- Length: 7 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall47
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Performance39
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Voltaire's razor-sharp satire on philosophical optimism, Candide, is coupled here with another of the author's most celebrated works, Zadig....
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A beautiful reading of two masterpieces
- By P. Donovan on 10-06-18
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Candide and Zadig
- Narrated by: Neville Jason
- Length: 7 hrs and 3 mins
- Release date: 28-08-08
- Language: English
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Candide ou l'optimisme
- By: Voltaire
- Narrated by: Frédéric Chevaux
- Length: 3 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall8
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Performance6
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Candide est un jeune garçon vivant au château du baron de Thunderten-tronckh qui se trouve en Westphalie. Il a pour maître Pangloss...
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Absolutely!
- By Gino Mahsoudi on 21-07-18
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Candide ou l'optimisme
- Narrated by: Frédéric Chevaux
- Length: 3 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 18-11-14
- Language: French
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Candide
- By: Voltaire
- Narrated by: Roberto Scarlato
- Length: 3 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Candide is a French satire first published in 1759 by Voltaire, a philosopher of the age of enlightenment. It begins with a young man, Candide, who is living a sheltered life in an Edenic paradise and being indoctrinated with Leibnizian optimism by his mentor, Professor Pangloss....
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Candide
- Narrated by: Roberto Scarlato
- Length: 3 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 15-05-19
- Language: English
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Candide, ou l'optimisme
- Narrated by: Guy Nadon
- Length: 3 hrs and 31 mins
- Release date: 07-05-26
- Language: French
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The 18th Century Classics Collection: 13 Stories From Daniel Defoe, Jonathan Swift, Voltaire, & Much More
- Candide, Castle Rackrent, Common Sense, Gulliver’s Travels, Robinson Crusoe, The Castle of Otranto, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, & More
- By: Daniel Defoe, Jonathan Swift, Voltaire, and others
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble, Justin Avoth, Rupert Degas, and others
- Length: Not Yet Known
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The 18th Century Classics Collection steps into the vibrant and tumultuous world of 18th century Europe. With this captivating anthology of some of the most influential works of 1700s literature, we encounter biting satire, passionate romance, and political tumultuousness.
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The 18th Century Classics Collection: 13 Stories From Daniel Defoe, Jonathan Swift, Voltaire, & Much More
- Candide, Castle Rackrent, Common Sense, Gulliver’s Travels, Robinson Crusoe, The Castle of Otranto, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, & More
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble, Justin Avoth, Rupert Degas, Nicholas Boulton, full cast
- Length: Not Yet Known
- Release date: 02-07-26
- Language: English
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Candide and Zadig
- By: Voltaire
- Narrated by: Clive Chafer
- Length: 6 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall33
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Performance26
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These two classic coming-of-age stories by Voltaire parody the romanticism of his day with the ruthless wit that has made him the undisputed master of social commentary....
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Cannot listen due to the reader
- By Fanny Snaith on 11-05-24
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Candide and Zadig
- Narrated by: Clive Chafer
- Length: 6 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 09-06-11
- Language: English
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Zadig ou la Destinée
- Narrated by: Alain Couchot
- Length: 3 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 10-03-16
- Language: French
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The French Classics Collection: 11 Stories From Zola, Proust, Verne, Victor Hugo, Flaubert, Dumas, Voltaire, & More
- Candide, Chéri, Germinal, Swann's Way, Les Miserables, Madame Bovary, The Count of Monte Cristo, & Much More
- By: Voltaire, Collette, Émile Zola, and others
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble, George Blagden, Daniel Weyman, and others
- Length: Not Yet Known
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The French Classics Collection brings together 18 of the greatest works of fiction ever written in French - here collected into one audiobook and all translated into English.
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The French Classics Collection: 11 Stories From Zola, Proust, Verne, Victor Hugo, Flaubert, Dumas, Voltaire, & More
- Candide, Chéri, Germinal, Swann's Way, Les Miserables, Madame Bovary, The Count of Monte Cristo, & Much More
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble, George Blagden, Daniel Weyman, Rachel Atkins, Nicholas Boulton, full cast
- Length: Not Yet Known
- Release date: 02-07-26
- Language: English
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Candide ou L'optimiste
- Narrated by: Jean Topart
- Length: 2 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 18-11-04
- Language: French
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Letters on England
- By: Voltaire
- Narrated by: Cate Barratt
- Length: 4 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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One of France's greatest writers, Voltaire was frequently persecuted for his ideas and as a result, spent time in the famed Bastille. He fled his native land for England in 1726, at which time he witnessed the differences between the two countries.
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Letters on England
- Narrated by: Cate Barratt
- Length: 4 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 12-11-24
- Language: English
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Candide ou l'Optimisme
- Narrated by: Alain Couchot
- Length: 3 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 20-09-12
- Language: French
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Candide (AmazonClassics Edition)
- By: Voltaire
- Narrated by: James Langton
- Length: 3 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Candide, the illegitimate nephew of a German baron and student of eternal optimist Pangloss, is living a simple and sheltered life in "the best of all possible worlds"....
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Candide (AmazonClassics Edition)
- Narrated by: James Langton
- Length: 3 hrs and 54 mins
- Release date: 22-12-17
- Language: English
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Candide
- By: Voltaire
- Narrated by: Martyn Swain
- Length: 3 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Pangloss would have been right at home in a post-truth, social media world. You can imagine the tweets, “I was hanged and survived #soggyrope,” or, “#nosyphilisnochocolate.” Candide, written in 1759, was never more relevant than today.
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Candide
- Narrated by: Martyn Swain
- Length: 3 hrs and 41 mins
- Release date: 04-06-24
- Language: English
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Candide
- The Classic Tale
- By: Voltaire
- Narrated by: Cyril Taylor-Carr, The Cliff
- Length: 3 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Candide is characterized by its tone as well as by its erratic, fantastical, and fast-moving plot. A picaresque novel with a story similar to that of a more serious coming-of-age narrative, it parodies many adventure and romance clichés....
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Candide
- The Classic Tale
- Narrated by: Cyril Taylor-Carr, The Cliff
- Length: 3 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 02-02-23
- Language: English
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Traité sur la tolérance
- À l'occasion de la mort de Jean Calas
- Narrated by: Yannick Lopez
- Length: 3 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 06-02-20
- Language: French
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Candide
- By: Voltaire
- Narrated by: Peter Kenny
- Length: 3 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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When Candide is cast out of his sheltered life, he embarks on a journey filled with war, natural disasters, betrayal, and heartbreak—all while clinging to the optimistic philosophy of his mentor, Pangloss.
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Candide
- Narrated by: Peter Kenny
- Length: 3 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 27-02-25
- Language: English
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Candide
- Narrated by: Ted Delorme
- Length: 3 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 31-08-09
- Language: English
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