Candide

Characters

Pangloss

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Cunegonde

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Dr. Pangloss

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Candide (voltaire)

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 Candides slow and p...