From the Bookshelf of 2016 Reading Challenge Group

Candide
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Start date
January 18, 2016
Finish date
January 22, 2016

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Carol
The world is the best of all possible worlds and then the worst of everything that could possibly happen happens. That's why this book is satire. I wish I knew more about the history of Voltaire's world because it would make this book funnier than it was. Candide goes on a series of global adventures and ends up with who he is searching for but what horrible things happen on his way there...earthquakes, rapes, hangings, buttocks being bitten off, sheep being stolen, sea battles being fought, bei ...more
Iwik Pásková
Apr 19, 2022 rated it it was amazing
Zajímavá kniha, která mi v mnohém připomněla Gulliverovy cesty. Autor na pozadí poutavého příběhu nenásilnou formou zprostředkovává různé filozofické otázky a nutí tak čtenáře přemýšlet nad tím, o čem čte. Bylo to zajímavé překvapení a jsem ráda, že jsem si knihu přečetla.
Peg - reading heals
May 20, 2011 rated it really liked it
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