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Candide, or Optimism — Part II is an apocryphal picaresque novel, possibly written by Thorel de Campigneulles (1737-1809) or Henri Joseph Du Laurens (1719-1797), published in 1760.[1] The prequel, Candide, was written by Voltaire and had been published a year earlier (1759). This work was banned and became popular enough that pirated versions started to appear.[1] The second part was attributed to both Campigneulles — "a now largely unknown writer of third-rate moralising novels;" and Laurens — who is suspected of having habitually plagiarised Voltaire.[1] The story continued with Candide new adventures in the Ottoman Empire, Persia, and Denmark.[2]
[edit] See also
- Candide, the prequel to Candide, Part II
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ a b c Candide, VIII, IX
- ^ Astbury, Kate (April 2005). "Candide, ou l'optimisme, seconde partie (1760) / Jean-François Marmontel: un intellectuel exemplaire au siècle des Lumières". Modern Language Review 100: 503. Modern Humanities Research Association. EBSCO Accession Number 16763209.
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