Candide : or Optimism. / Voltaire.

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Online Access:	Full Text (via De Gruyter)
Main Author:	Voltaire
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Yale University Press, 2008.
Subjects:	Voltaire, > 1694-1778. French literature > 18th century. Satire, French > 18th century. French literature. Satire, French.

Table of Contents:

Frontmatter
Contents
Introduction Candide, Voltaire, and the Enlightenment / Johnson Kent, Wright
Translator's Note
Chapter One. How Candide was raised in a noble mansion, and how he was driven away
Chapter Two. What happened to Candide among the Bulgars
Chapter Three. How Candide saved himself from the Bulgars, and what became of him
Chapter Four. How Candide met his old philosophy teacher, Doctor Pangloss, and what had happened to him
Chapter Five. Tempest, shipwreck, earthquake, and what happened to Doctor Pangloss, Candide, and Jacques the Anabaptist
Chapter Six. How they had a beautiful auto-da-fé in order to put an end to the earthquake, and how Candide was flogged
Chapter Seven. How an old woman took care of Candide and how he got back his beloved
Chapter Eight. Cunégonde's story
Chapter Nine. What happened to Cunégonde, to Candide, to the Grand Inquisitor, and to a Jew
Chapter Ten. In what diffculty Candide, Cunégonde, and the old woman reached Cadiz, and how they boarded a ship
Chapter Eleven. The old woman's story
Chapter Twelve. More about the old woman's misfortunes
Chapter Thirteen. How Candide was forced to leave lovely Cunégonde and the old woman
Chapter Fourteen. How Candide and Cacambo were greeted by the Jesuits of Paraguay
Chapter Fifteen. How Candide killed his dear Cunégonde's brother
Chapter Sixteen. What happened to the two travelers with two girls, two monkeys, and the savages known as Oreillons
Chapter Seventeen. Arrival of Candide and his valet in the land of Eldorado, and what they saw there
Chapter Eighteen. What they saw in Eldorado
Chapter Nineteen. How they got to Surinam, and how Candide came to know Martin
Chapter Twenty. What happened at sea to Candide and Martin
Chapter Twenty-one. Candide and Martin approach the French coast and argue
Chapter Twenty-two. What happened to Candide and Martin in France
Chapter Twenty-three. Candide and Martin reach the British coast, and what they see there
Chapter Twenty-four. Paquette and Friar Giroflée
Chapter Twenty-five. Visit to Lord Pococuranté, a nobleman of Venice
Chapter Twenty-six. A dinner that Candide and Martin shared with six foreigners, and who they were
Chapter Twenty-seven. Candide's journey to Constantinople
Chapter Twenty-eight. What happened to Candide, Cunégonde, Pangloss, Martin, etc.
Chapter Twenty-nine. How Candide found Cunégonde and the old woman
Chapter Thirty. Conclusion
Suggested Reading.

Candide : or Optimism. / Voltaire.

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