Founding Fathers 2
Candide; or, The Optimist. Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia
by Voltaire; Samuel Johnson
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Two satirical philosophical tales bound together — Voltaire's demolition of naive optimism and Johnson's meditation on the pursuit of happiness.
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English
Year
1888
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