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2 unusual facts about Candide ou l'optimisme au XXe siècle


Candide ou l'optimisme au XXe siècle

When war breaks out in 1939, Candide is drafted and then captured by the Nazis, but escapes and joins the International Red Cross.

Finally, back in France, he retires to a country house with Cunégonde, Pangloss, and a mysterious lady who saved him from a firing squad, and settles down to write his memoirs.



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