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Zadig/L'Ingénu

One of Voltaire's earliest tales, Zadig is set in the exotic East and is told in the comic spirit of Candide; L'Ingenu, written after Candide, is a darker tale in which an American Indian records his impressions of France

Genre
humorsatire
Setting
1760sEurope
Subject
philosophy
Audience
adult
Length
short · 192 pages
Form
novella

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