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Candide
Title page of an early printed version of Voltaire's Candide published in London, 1759. Its subtitle, L'Optimisme, means “The Optimist.”
Cunégonde
fictional character
Cunégonde, fictional character who is the childhood friend and later the lover and wife of the title character in Voltaire’s satiric novel Candide (1759).
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