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SUMMARY:Candide by Voltaire
LOCATION:Demetres Desserts Distillery District
DESCRIPTION:Saved in Palaner as: saved\n\nPalaner match: 29% · why: lots of
  people going\n\nFor August\, we'll read Candide by Voltaire.\n129 pages\n
 First published in 1759\n\nAbout the book:\nCandide is the story of a gent
 le man who\, though pummeled and slapped in every direction by fate\, clin
 gs desperately to the belief that he lives in "the best of all possible wo
 rlds." On the surface a witty\, bantering tale\, this eighteenth-century c
 lassic is actually a savage\, satiric thrust at the philosophical optimism
  that proclaims that all disaster and human suffering is part of a benevol
 ent cosmic plan. Fast\, funny\, often outrageous\, the French philosopher'
 s immortal narrative takes Candide around the world to discover that — con
 trary to the teachings of his distinguished tutor Dr. Pangloss — all is no
 t always for the best. Alive with wit\, brilliance\, and graceful storytel
 ling\, Candide has become Voltaire's most celebrated work.
URL:https://www.meetup.com/more-than-a-classic-book-club/events/314702996/
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