Candide (Omnibus)

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Voltaire’s 18th century novel about good and evil: Candide's adventures begin.

Voltaire’s witty 18th century novel about good and evil: Candide and Dr Pangloss’ adventures begin. Read by Adrian Scarborough.

Voltaire’s witty 18th century novel of ideas about good and evil.

It follows the eponymous hero Candide and the long-suffering Dr Pangloss, on an epic, picaresque journey through Europe and South America.

Along the way they endure terrible misfortunes but somehow manage to retain optimism about what life has in store. 

It begins when Candide falls in love and is expelled from paradise. 

Omnibus of five parts abridged by Robin Brooks. 

Read by Adrian Scarborough.

Producer: Bruce Young

First broadcast in five parts on BBC Radio 4 in November 2019.

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