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Candide
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Candide
the hero and his relatives and friends stoically undergo an endless series of misfortunes. [Fr. Lit.: Candide]
See : Luck, Bad
Candide
beset by inconceivable misfortunes, hero indifferently shrugs them off. [Fr. Lit.: Candide]
See : Optimism
Candide
a wanderer in search of best of all possible worlds. [Fr. Lit.: Candide]
See : Wandering
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Candide and Cacambo meet a negro who tells them about his little and miserable life.
Cote d'Ivoire: a French exception; In this column, guests are given ... by Koulibaly, Mamadou / New African
Candide's lady grows ugly and repulsive, and becomes more bitter every day, the Old Woman complains about her infirmities, Cacambo also curses his destiny and Pangloss broods over his lost chance of becoming a famous philosopher.
Barth's The sot-weed factor -- a case of hypertextuality. (Literature) by Ambrozy, Paulina / Studia Anglica Posnaniensia: international review of English Studies
 
 
 
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