Candide
by Voltaire
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Key Facts
Title: Candide, or Optimism
Author: François-Marie Arouet Voltaire
Type of Book: Novel
Genre: Satire
Original Language: French
Written in: Prussia and Switzerland, from 1758 to 1759
First published: 1759
Set in: Europe and South America, mid-1750s
Narrator: An anonymous, omniscient voice whose tone is heavily ironic and satirical
Point of view: Third-person omniscient, primarily focusing on Candide’s perspective
Protagonist: Candide
Tense: Past
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