Candide
By Voltaire
Genre
Satire
Classic Adventure Romance
Setting & Time Period
Europe, across South America to the fabled El Dorado, and back to Europe
Age of Enlightenment circa 1750 -1780
Music
Opera:Candide - we have it in the Library
Vocabulary
Candide written by Voltaire. Words (18 total words) are listed alphabetically with a page number reference from the Dover Thrift edition.
atrabilious (64) bagatelle (24) benefactor (10) cadence (13)
chimerical (72) concatenation (87) emollient (4) execrate (52)
foible (29) obeisance (77) palpitate (5) prelate (21)
rapaciousness (43-44) scruple (9) soporific (71) virtuoso (71)
principal (39) / principle --- judgement / judgment (23)
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