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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
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