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Course Hero. "Candide Study Guide." Course Hero. 23 Sep. 2016. Web. 28 May 2023. <https://www.coursehero.com/lit/Candide/>.
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Voltaire
1759
Novella
Satire
The events of Candide are described by a third-person omniscient narrator.
Candide is written in the past tense.
Candide is the name of the story's main character. The Optimist, an alternative title, refers to a philosophical ideology that purports nothing happens without a reason and all that happens is for the best. Voltaire refutes this idea throughout the course of the book.
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