Candide
- Author Voltaire Voltaire
- Narrator Martyn Swain
- Publisher Spoken Realms
- Publish Date 4 June 2024
- Run Time 3 hours and 41 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Classic fiction, Satirical fiction and parodies.
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What to expect
Pangloss would have been right at home in a post-truth, social media world. You can imagine the tweets, “I was hanged and survived #soggyrope,” or, “#nosyphilisnochocolate.” Candide, written in 1759, was never more relevant than today. Blind obeisance and denial, barbarous villainy, greed, and rapacity, are all in a day’s toil for the young Candide. And this is in the best of all possible worlds!
Critics Review
“This audio version is an easy-to-swallow rendition in which narrator Martyn Swain seems to be having quite a good time telling the story. He mostly uses accents to portray the many characters, and his range of accents is impressive, including those of various British regions and classes, along with French, German, Dutch, Italian, and Portuguese…This is not a novel in the modern sense, but a rollicking fun story.”
| Author | Voltaire Voltaire |
|---|---|
| Narrator | Martyn Swain |
| Duration | 3 hours and 41 minutes |
| Release Date | |
| ISBN | 9798874818654 |
| Format | Audiobook |
| Publisher | Spoken Realms |
| Genre | Classic fiction, Satirical fiction and parodies |
| Availability | AU, GB, IE, US |
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