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Candide
- The Classic Tale
- By: Voltaire
- Narrated by: Cyril Taylor-Carr, The Cliff
- Length: 3 hrs and 52 mins
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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, the struggles of which are caricatured in a tone that is bitter and matter-of-fact. Still, the events discussed are often based on historical happenings, such as the Seven Years' War and the 1755 Lisbon earthquake.
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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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100 Quotes by Voltaire
- Great Philosophers and Their Inspiring Thoughts
- By: Voltaire
- Narrated by: Katie Haigh
- Length: 24 mins
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Voltaire was a French writer famous for his wit and irony. They were his tools for launching vitriolic attacks on the established Catholic church, the adversaries of freedom of religion and expression, and on separation of church and state. His prolific writing took almost every possible literary form: plays, novels, essays, but also poems, historical and scientific works.
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100 Quotes by Voltaire
- Great Philosophers and Their Inspiring Thoughts
- Narrated by: Katie Haigh
- Length: 24 mins
- Release date: 04-03-16
- Language: English
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Candide
- By: Voltaire
- Narrated by: Martyn Swain
- Length: 3 hrs and 41 mins
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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. Blind obeisance and denial, barbarous villainy, greed, and rapacity, are all in a day’s toil for the young Candide. And this is in the best of all possible worlds!
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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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Cándido, o el Optimismo [Candide, or Optimism]
- El ingenuo; Zadig, o el Destino; Micromegas; Poemas sobre el desastre de Lisboa
- By: Voltaire
- Narrated by: Pepe Ocio
- Length: 9 hrs and 4 mins
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Aunque Voltaire empezó a escribir cuentos en su etapa de «cortesano», cuando debía amenizar, como gentilhombre de la cámara del rey, los ocios de la corte, en los cuatro títulos que componen el presente volumen -Cándido, Micromegas, Zadig y El Ingenuo- ya están presentes los propósitos de toda su escritura: divulgar las nuevas ideas, combatir la ineptitud y la mentira religiosas, y luchar por la tolerancia.
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Cándido, o el Optimismo [Candide, or Optimism]
- El ingenuo; Zadig, o el Destino; Micromegas; Poemas sobre el desastre de Lisboa
- Narrated by: Pepe Ocio
- Length: 9 hrs and 4 mins
- Release date: 18-11-21
- Language: Spanish
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Micromegas: A philosophical short story
- By: Voltaire
- Narrated by: Paul Spera
- Length: 41 mins
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First published in 1752, "Micromegas" is one of Voltaire’s best-known works. It is a tale of mordant irony, and actually the original science-fiction short story. Arriving on Earth from the star Sirius, the gigantic explorer Micromegas discovers the people of Earth, so small compared to him that he first believes that no creature this size can hope to achieve any degree of intelligence; he will soon discover the ways and thoughts of these diminutive people, who clearly have an over-inflated idea of their own importance in the universe. Voltaire's extrapolations of sun-powered interstellar flight, alien civilizations, and the two moons of Mars, are designed to make us see ourselves in a new light and laugh at what we find.
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Read firstly to enjoy and secondly to ponder
- By Kaggy on 18-10-16
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Micromegas: A philosophical short story
- Narrated by: Paul Spera
- Length: 41 mins
- Release date: 24-08-16
- Language: English
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Candide
- By: Voltaire
- Narrated by: Roy Macready
- Length: 3 hrs and 27 mins
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The story follows the eponymous hero and his tutor Doctor Pangloss through a series of adventures and misfortunes, all the time doggedly attempting, against the odds, to adhere to the doctor's philosophy that "all is for the best in this best of all possible worlds".
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Candide
- Narrated by: Roy Macready
- Length: 3 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 14-04-16
- Language: English
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Traité sur la tolérance
- À l'occasion de la mort de Jean Calas
- By: Voltaire
- Narrated by: Yannick Lopez
- Length: 3 hrs and 16 mins
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"De toutes les superstitions, la plus dangereuse, n'est-ce pas celle de haïr son prochain pour ses opinions ?" S'attaquant à toutes les formes de fanatisme, Voltaire s'attache dans ce brillant exposé à réhabiliter Jean Calas, protestant accusé à tort d'avoir tué son fils afin qu'il ne se convertisse pas au catholicisme.
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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: Roberto Scarlato
- Length: 3 hrs and 43 mins
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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. The work describes the abrupt cessation of this lifestyle, followed by Candide's slow and painful disillusionment as he witnesses and experiences great hardships in the world.
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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'optimiste
- By: Voltaire
- Narrated by: Jean Topart
- Length: 2 hrs and 55 mins
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Conte philosophique considéré comme l'un des chefs-d'œuvre de Voltaire, "Candide" frappe par sa légèreté, et sa justesse. Le héros est un jeune homme crédule à qui son précepteur, Pangloss, inculque une théorie très simpliste sur l'optimisme. Les mésaventures du jeune héros mettent à mal cette doctrine. Cela permet à Voltaire de se moquer de toutes les théories métaphysiques qui ne résistent pas à l'épreuve des faits.
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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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My Name Is Erin, and My Mom's an Addict
- By: Amy Voltaire
- Narrated by: Jillian Yetter
- Length: 5 hrs and 10 mins
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Raised by her grandparents when her mother chooses drugs over her daughter, Erin knows she isn't like other kids. Then, her world is shaken a second time by her mother's reappearance. Being a teenager is never easy, but just when Erin thinks she has her life on track, her mother shows up and warms her way back into Erin's life. Can an addict really ever kick the addiction? How many lives will drugs destroy?
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My Name Is Erin, and My Mom's an Addict
- Narrated by: Jillian Yetter
- Length: 5 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 17-12-19
- Language: English
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600 citations des grands écrivains français du XVIIIème siècle
- By: Pierre-Augustin de Beaumarchais, Montesquieu, Denis Diderot, and others
- Narrated by: Nicolas Planchais, Patrick Blandin
- Length: 2 hrs and 59 mins
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La littérature française du XVIIIe siècle évolue selon deux orientations majeures : le mouvement des Lumières et ses remises en cause des fondamentaux de la société, et l'émergence d'une sensibilité qui donnera par la suite naissance au mouvement romantique. Cette collection de citations présente la pensée de six figures incontournables du XVIIIe siècle sous forme concise, accessible et pratique.
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600 citations des grands écrivains français du XVIIIème siècle
- Narrated by: Nicolas Planchais, Patrick Blandin
- Length: 2 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 22-12-17
- Language: French
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Zadig ou la Destinée
- By: Voltaire
- Narrated by: Alain Couchot
- Length: 3 hrs and 30 mins
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"Zadig ou la Destinée" est un conte philosophique de Voltaire, inspiré d'un conte persan. Voltaire y raconte les mésaventures et les revers de fortune d'un jeune homme né à Babylone. Ce conte se place à la confluence de trois genres littéraires : le conte de fées (mis à la mode par Perrault et les Contes des Mille et une Nuits), le roman picaresque (Zadig décrit une ascension sociale, suivie de coups du sort) et le roman sentimental (Zadig relate les tribulations de deux amants éloignés par la vie).
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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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Zadig or the book of fate
- By: Voltaire
- Narrated by: Paul Spera
- Length: 2 hrs and 19 mins
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"Zadig" is a work of philosophical fiction by the famous Enlightenment writer Voltaire. It is a delightful mix of political satire and insightful challenge of religious and metaphysical orthodoxy, with its main character undergoing a complete moral revolution while human life is presented as in the hands of a destiny beyond human control. Along with absolute stylistic mastery, Zadig provides insight into the nature of free will, in a story whose fast pace follows the highs and lows bestowed by Fortune on the hero.
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Zadig or the book of fate
- Narrated by: Paul Spera
- Length: 2 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 16-03-18
- Language: English
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Trattato sulla tolleranza
- Narrated by: Moro Silo
- Length: 3 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 18-03-09
- Language: Italian
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300 Quotes of French Philosophy
- By: Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Voltaire, Michel de Montaigne
- Narrated by: Katie Haigh
- Length: 1 hr and 17 mins
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French philosophy has been led on by three most influent thinkers, each one bordering on literature and bringing new understandings to politics, philosophy, and religion. Michel de Montaigne is known for popularizing the essay as a literary genre; his style merges casual anecdotes and autobiography with deep intellectual insights. His "Essays" are among the most influential ever written; one can recognize Montaigne's direct influence on great literary figures all over the world.
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300 Quotes of French Philosophy
- Narrated by: Katie Haigh
- Length: 1 hr and 17 mins
- Release date: 30-08-17
- Language: English
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Candide
- By: Voltaire
- Narrated by: Flo Gibson
- Length: 3 hrs and 17 mins
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Come and share the satirical, amusing and often violent misadventures of the young Candide as he searches for true love and the meaning of life. This classic satirizes religion, philosophy, and government in a decidedly playful romp.
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You Have to Read it More Than Once
- By Mrs. S. E. Orpwood on 24-07-15
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Candide
- Narrated by: Flo Gibson
- Length: 3 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 15-02-12
- Language: English
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Candide ou l'Optimisme
- By: Voltaire
- Narrated by: Alain Couchot
- Length: 3 hrs and 28 mins
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"Candide ou l'Optimisme" est un conte philosophique de Voltaire, considéré comme l'un de ses chefs d'œuvre. C'est le récit du voyage de formation d'un jeune homme naïf, chassé du meilleur des mondes possibles à la suite d'une leçon de physique expérimentale. Voltaire y manie l'ironie à l'encontre du conservatisme de la société de son époque. Candide, le jeune homme innocent, après avoir vécu toutes sortes d'aventures autour du monde, finit par se transformer en philosophe.
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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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El Blanco Y El Negro
- Narrated by: Marcos Ballate
- Length: 47 mins
- Release date: 12-09-24
- Language: Spanish
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Essay on Crimes and Punishments, An by Voltaire and Cesare Beccaria
- By: Voltaire and Cesare Beccaria
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Beccaria's treatise On Crimes and Punishments, which condemns disproportionate and irrational penalties in general as well as torture and the death penalty, is said to mark the peak of Enlightenment in Milan. Its translations were widely read by statesmen and policy makers in Britain, America and France. This translation also features the anonymous commentary, attributed to Voltaire.
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Candide
- By: Voltaire
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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!
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