It takes the average reader 2 hours and 12 minutes to read Candide - Literary Touchstone Classic by Voltaire
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
This Prestwick House Literary Touchstone Classic includes a glossary and reader's notes to help the modern reader appreciate Voltaire's complex approach to the human condition.FRANCOIS-MARIE AROUET VOLTAIRE'S satiric attack, Candide, first appearing in 1759, mocked the Enlightenment notion that this is the best of all possible worlds and that suffering is merely the result of free will. Through the misadventures of philosopher and teacher Dr. Pangloss and his student Candide as they travel the world-fleeing invasions, earthquakes, pirates, and brutal executions-we learn that the true meaning...
Candide - Literary Touchstone Classic by Voltaire is 128 pages long, and a total of 33,024 words.
This makes it 43% the length of the average book. It also has 40% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours to read Candide - Literary Touchstone Classic aloud.
Candide - Literary Touchstone Classic is suitable for students ages 10 and up.
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