Sample Sentences forCandide (editor-reviewed)
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Candide is Voltaire's most famous work and is probably taught more than any other work of French literature.Candide = Voltaire's satirical novel
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Another thing we had to read that she didn't like was Candide. (source)Candide = Voltaire's classic satire that pokes fun at religion, government, and optimism (1759)
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When we read Candide it opened up a new way of looking at the world to Chet, and he continued hungrily reading Voltaire, in French, while the class went on to other people. (source)
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One sunny afternoon I was loitering on the bench in front of the electric shop in the sun, listlessly trying to read a slim volume of Candide that some wiseacre had sent me. (source)
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But I've read Candide in the Russian translation …. in an absurd, grotesque, old translation …. (source)
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Bernstein forged a new relationship between classical and popular music with his compositions West Side Story, On the Town, Candide, and others. (source)
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That which overwhelmed Othello glides innocuous over Candide. (source)Candide = title character of Voltaire's classic satire that pokes fun at religion, government, and optimism (1759)
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Fortunately, Voltaire was the author of "Candide" in spite of this, and in spite of this, he is, among all the men who have followed each other in the long series of humanity, the one who has best possessed the diabolical laugh. (source)Candide = Voltaire's classic satire that pokes fun at religion, government, and optimism (1759)
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