Candide
Voltaire · first published 1746
Mentioned 3 time(s) by 3 guest(s): 0 recommend.
Dana Gioia on EconTalk (2025-01-20): mention
“…They wrote this very political adaptation of Voltaire's novel so that it would be about the McCarthy hearings…”
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Ada Palmer on Conversations with Tyler (2023-10-04): mention
“…This is very much what Voltaire depicts in Candide, which is full of contrived and improbable reunions…”
Ada Palmer on Viking Metaphysics, Contingent Moments, and Censorship (Ep. 191)
Paul Salopek on Conversations with Tyler (2023-01-25): mention
“…Grow tomatoes like Candide, I don’t know.…”