Portrait of Lord Melvyn Bragg, host of In Our Time

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Nicholas Cronk

Professor of French Literature and Director of the Voltaire Foundation at the University of Oxford

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CultureCensored booksPicaresque novelsMale characters in literatureFrench novels adapted into filmsNovels set in EnglandFrench philosophical novelsNovels set in GermanyNovels about rape1759 novelsAnti-Catholic publicationsAnti-Catholicism in FranceFrench novels adapted into operas

  1. Voltaire's Candide

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Voltaire's satirical novel Candide, first published in 1759.

    3 May 2012

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    Also featuring: David Wootton, Caroline Warman

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    CultureCensored booksPicaresque novelsMale characters in literatureFrench novels adapted into filmsNovels set in EnglandFrench philosophical novelsNovels set in GermanyNovels about rape1759 novelsAnti-Catholic publicationsAnti-Catholicism in FranceFrench novels adapted into operas