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Voltaire
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Learn morePangloss 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!
Voltaire (1694–1778), born François-Marie Arouet, was a French Enlightenment writer, historian, and philosopher known for his wit, philosophical sport, and defense of civil liberties. He produced works in almost every literary form, including poetry, novels, essays, plays, historical and scientific works, and over two thousand books and pamphlets.
Martyn Swain is a professional audiobook narrator. A PANA member, he has acted on stage and screen, produced and voiced content for current affairs radio, and tutored in media and presentation skills. He has been a simultaneous interpreter for more than thirty years and interpreted personally for Nelson Mandela shortly after his release from prison in South Africa in 1990.
Audiobook details
Narrator:
Martyn Swain
ISBN:
9798874818654
Length:
3 hours 40 minutes
Language:
English
Publisher:
Blackstone Publishing
Publication date:
June 4, 2024
Edition:
Unabridged