| Evidence: | Robert Southey to Thomas Phillips Lamb, 28 October 1792: 'If the Baron of Thundertentroncks castle had not been destroyd (said Dr Pangloss to Candidus) if Miss Cunegonda had not been ript up alive by the Bulgarian soldiers — if I had not been hung, if you had not killd an inquisitor & been burnt by the inquisition, we should not have been now eating pistachio nuts. alls for the best.' |
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| Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 28 Oct 1792 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
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| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Robert Southey |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 12 Aug 1774 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | writer |
| Religion: | n/a |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Voltaire |
| Title: | Candide, ou l'Optimisme |
| Genre: | Fiction |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 24080 | |
| Source - | Manuscript | Other |
| Author: | "The Collected Letters of Robert Southey," Romantic Circles Electronic Edition, Letter 29. http://www.rc.umd.edu/editions/southey_letters. Accessed 17 April 2009., |
| Citation: | "The Collected Letters of Robert Southey," Romantic Circles Electronic Edition, Letter 29. http://www.rc.umd.edu/editions/southey_letters. Accessed 17 April 2009., http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=24080, accessed: 04 June 2023 |
| Southey's comment is a paraphrase of Voltaire's "Candide". |
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