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Can I read Candide on EtoBox?
Candide by Lowell Bair. With an appreciation by André Maurois. Illus. by Sheilah Beckett is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Candide about?
Brought up in the household of a powerful Baron, Candide is an open-minded young man, whose tutor, Pangloss, has instilled in him the belief that 'all is for the best'. But when his love for the Baron's rosy-cheeked daughter is discovered, Candide is cast out to make his own way in the world. And so he and his various companions begin a breathless tour of Europe, South America and Asia, as an outrageous series of disasters befall them - earthquakes, syphilis, a brush with the Inquisition, murder - sorely testing the young hero's optimism.
Who reads Candide?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Lowell Bair. With an appreciation by André Maurois. Illus. by Sheilah Beckett
- Publisher
- New York, Bantam Books
- Published
- 1959
- Language
- EN
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Romance, Fiction, Humanities
- Rating
- 3.76 / 5 (644 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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