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Candide, remains one of the most widely read and influential works of French literature. Candide was immediately controversial upon publication but has endured as a classic of Enlightenment literature. While numerous adaptations have been produced over the centuries, Leonard Bernstein's 1956 comic operetta is perhaps the most famous modern reimagining of the novel.
Featured Article: The top 100 classics of all time
Before we whipped out our old high school syllabi and dug deep into our libraries to start selecting contenders for this list, we first had to answer the question, "How do we define a classic?" The answer isn’t as straightforward as you might guess, though there’s a lot to be said for the old adage, "You know it when you see it" (or, in this case, hear it). Of course, most critically, each of our picks had to be fabulous in audio. So dust off your aspirational listening list—we have some amazing additions you don’t want to miss.
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Micromegas
- By: Voltaire, Audible Sleep
- Narrated by: Prentice Onayemi
- Length: 59 mins
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Overall1,663
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If we were as tiny as ants to another being, what would they make of our philosophies? The great satirist Voltaire imagines alien visitors who have opinions. Bedtime stories are narrated by the world's most celebrated voices....
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Hilarious!
- By Sean on 05-16-20
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Micromegas
- Narrated by: Prentice Onayemi
- Length: 59 mins
- Release date: 05-14-20
- Language: English
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Candide and Zadig
- By: Voltaire
- Narrated by: Clive Chafer
- Length: 6 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall159
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Performance135
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Story136
These two classic coming-of-age stories by Voltaire parody the romanticism of his day with the ruthless wit that has made him the undisputed master of social commentary....
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Two Beautifully-read Masterpieces
- By Marje on 06-17-11
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Candide and Zadig
- Narrated by: Clive Chafer
- Length: 6 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 06-09-11
- Language: English
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Candide and Zadig
- By: Voltaire
- Narrated by: Neville Jason
- Length: 7 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall144
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Performance121
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Story119
Voltaire's razor-sharp satire on philosophical optimism, Candide, is coupled here with another of the author's most celebrated works, Zadig....
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Highly recommended
- By Erez on 10-10-08
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Candide and Zadig
- Narrated by: Neville Jason
- Length: 7 hrs and 3 mins
- Release date: 08-28-08
- Language: English
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Candide (Gildan Media Edition)
- By: Voltaire
- Narrated by: Don Hagen
- Length: 3 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall572
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Performance486
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Story489
Candide is a French satire written in 1759 by Voltaire, a philosopher of the Age of Enlightenment. One of the finest satires ever written, this lively tale follows the absurdly melodramatic adventures of the youthful Candide, who is forced into the army, flogged, shipwrecked, betrayed, robbed...
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Amusing, a favorite, well read
- By Philo on 02-24-12
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Candide (Gildan Media Edition)
- Narrated by: Don Hagen
- Length: 3 hrs and 42 mins
- Release date: 09-16-10
- Language: English
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Candide (AudioGO Edition)
- By: Voltaire
- Narrated by: Jack Davenport
- Length: 3 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1,682
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Performance1,495
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Candide, published simultaneously in five European capitals in 1759, became an instant best seller....
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Guaranteed to keep you smiling if not LOL
- By Robert on 08-09-12
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Candide (AudioGO Edition)
- Narrated by: Jack Davenport
- Length: 3 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 11-01-10
- Language: English
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Candide (AmazonClassics Edition)
- By: Voltaire
- Narrated by: James Langton
- Length: 3 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall235
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Performance200
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Story199
Candide, the illegitimate nephew of a German baron and student of eternal optimist Pangloss, is living a simple and sheltered life in "the best of all possible worlds"....
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A tale of constant misery
- By S. Carter on 10-27-20
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Candide (AmazonClassics Edition)
- Narrated by: James Langton
- Length: 3 hrs and 54 mins
- Release date: 12-22-17
- Language: English
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Candide
- In an American Voice
- By: Voltaire
- Narrated by: Deaver Brown
- Length: 3 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall22
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Performance20
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The legendary ironic insightful classic by Voltaire, considered the greatest artistic genius of his era. Introducing the legendary, best-of-all-possible-worlds Pangloss. A whirlwind trip around the globe with irony, wit, insight, genius, and more at each stop....
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Awful narrator, timeless story
- By Kim Possible on 05-05-26
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Candide
- In an American Voice
- Narrated by: Deaver Brown
- Length: 3 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 03-24-22
- Language: English
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Candide
- Narrated by: Donal Donnelly
- Length: 4 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 12-16-99
- Language: English
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Candide ou l'optimisme
- By: Voltaire
- Narrated by: Frédéric Chevaux
- Length: 3 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall55
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Performance47
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Story46
Candide est un jeune garçon vivant au château du baron de Thunderten-tronckh qui se trouve en Westphalie. Il a pour maître Pangloss...
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Interesting Story
- By Sereina Keller on 02-09-18
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Candide ou l'optimisme
- Narrated by: Frédéric Chevaux
- Length: 3 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 11-18-14
- Language: French
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The French Classics Collection: 11 Stories From Zola, Proust, Verne, Victor Hugo, Flaubert, Dumas, Voltaire, & More
- Candide, Chéri, Germinal, Swann's Way, Les Miserables, Madame Bovary, The Count of Monte Cristo, & Much More
- By: Voltaire, Collette, Émile Zola, and others
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble, George Blagden, Daniel Weyman, and others
- Length: Not Yet Known
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The French Classics Collection brings together 18 of the greatest works of fiction ever written in French - here collected into one audiobook and all translated into English.
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The French Classics Collection: 11 Stories From Zola, Proust, Verne, Victor Hugo, Flaubert, Dumas, Voltaire, & More
- Candide, Chéri, Germinal, Swann's Way, Les Miserables, Madame Bovary, The Count of Monte Cristo, & Much More
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble, George Blagden, Daniel Weyman, Rachel Atkins, Nicholas Boulton, full cast
- Length: Not Yet Known
- Release date: 07-02-26
- Language: English
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Candide
- By: Voltaire
- Narrated by: Roy Macready
- Length: 3 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall40
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Performance34
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Story34
The story follows the eponymous hero and his tutor Doctor Pangloss through a series of adventures and misfortunes....
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Best possible reading of this best possible story
- By Z. Peterson on 08-19-16
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Candide
- Narrated by: Roy Macready
- Length: 3 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 04-14-16
- Language: English
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Cándido, o el Optimismo [Candide, or Optimism]
- El ingenuo; Zadig, o el Destino; Micromegas; Poemas sobre el desastre de Lisboa
- By: Voltaire
- Narrated by: Pepe Ocio
- Length: 9 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Aunque Voltaire empezó a escribir cuentos en su etapa de «cortesano», cuando debía amenizar, como gentilhombre de la cámara del rey, los ocios de la corte, en los cuatro títulos que componen el presente volumen....
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Cándido, o el Optimismo [Candide, or Optimism]
- El ingenuo; Zadig, o el Destino; Micromegas; Poemas sobre el desastre de Lisboa
- Narrated by: Pepe Ocio
- Length: 9 hrs and 4 mins
- Release date: 11-18-21
- Language: Spanish
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Candide [CSA Word]
- By: Voltaire
- Narrated by: Andrew Sachs
- Length: 3 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall293
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Performance259
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Story259
Candide and his tutor Pangloss travel the globe trying to follow the philosophy "All is for the best in this, the best of all possible worlds"....
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Why the music?
- By MH on 02-23-17
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Candide [CSA Word]
- Narrated by: Andrew Sachs
- Length: 3 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 01-29-08
- Language: English
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3500 Final Quotes
- By: Beaumarchais, Nicolas de Chamfort, Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, and others
- Narrated by: Brad Carty
- Length: 14 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall2
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Ready yourself for this carefully crafted collection of quotes from some of the greatest minds the world has ever seen! Featuring world-famous...
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3500 Final Quotes
- Narrated by: Brad Carty
- Length: 14 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 04-18-23
- Language: English
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Easy French Poetry Readings: Classic Poems Readings
- By: Alfred de Musset, Charles Baudelaire, Jean de La Fontaine, and others
- Narrated by: Camille Chevalier-Karfis
- Length: 3 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3
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Performance3
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In this audiobook, I read 33 classical French poems. The majority are read twice: once slowly - so you can repeat after me - and once faster...
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Fabulous French Poetry
- By StFeuillien on 11-03-25
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Easy French Poetry Readings: Classic Poems Readings
- Narrated by: Camille Chevalier-Karfis
- Length: 3 hrs and 25 mins
- Release date: 06-14-16
- Language: English
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Candide
- Narrated by: Flo Gibson
- Length: 3 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 02-15-12
- Language: English
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Classic Sci-Fi Stories NOT by Isaac Asimov
- By: H G Wells, Jack London, Rudyard Kipling, and others
- Narrated by: Richard Mitchley, Ragland Ragland, Maskell Maskell
- Length: 20 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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In this series we listen to short stories that are NOT by perhaps the most well-known author of this type. But the many other rich talents in the volume may have treated the subject matter a little differently, or were perhaps just overlooked in the stampede to applaud the winner.
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Classic Sci-Fi Stories NOT by Isaac Asimov
- Narrated by: Richard Mitchley, Ragland Ragland, Maskell Maskell
- Length: 20 hrs and 1 min
- Release date: 03-20-25
- Language: English
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Zadig
- Narrated by: Walter Covell
- Length: 2 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 04-19-10
- Language: English
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Candide
- By: Voltaire
- Narrated by: Alastair Cameron
- Length: 3 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall18
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Performance15
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The story centers around Candide, the nephew of a baron, who's teacher, Pangloss, teaches Candide that the world is the way it should be and that everything in it is good....
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Boring
- By becky neugebauer on 02-25-24
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Candide
- Narrated by: Alastair Cameron
- Length: 3 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 01-05-16
- Language: English
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Zadig or the book of fate
- By: Voltaire
- Narrated by: Paul Spera
- Length: 2 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall11
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Performance9
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"Zadig" is a work of philosophical fiction by the famous Enlightenment writer Voltaire. It is a delightful mix of political satire...
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Dull narration
- By Gregory Q. Roberson on 04-26-20
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Zadig or the book of fate
- Narrated by: Paul Spera
- Length: 2 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 03-16-18
- Language: English
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