Candide Audiobook (free download)

"Candide" is a delightful story filled with boundless misadventure while tackling the great philosophical issues of the Enlightenment era. The story is about Candide, a young man who is the illegitimate nephew of a German baron with whom he resides. When it is discovered he is kissing the baron's beautiful daughter he is thrown from the castle where he experiences the horrors of war, poverty, the maliciousness of man, and the hypocrisy of the church.

This week, the audio book version of Voltaire's Candide has made it into the top 50 bestsellers in the Classics category. You can legally download or stream this audio book and listen for free at Spotify, Deezer, and in high quality at Audible.