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ABOUT THE BOOK
Candide begins in the German town of Westphalia, where Candide, a young man, lives in the castle of Baron of Thunder - ten- tronckh. A noted philosopher, Doctor Pangloss, tutors the baron on philosophical optimism. Candide, a simple man, first accepts this philosophy, but as he experiences the horrors of war, poverty, the maliciousness of man, and the hypocrisy of the Church, he begins to doubt the voracity of Pangloss’s theory. Thus, philosophical optimism is the focus of Voltaire’s Satire; anti-war and antichurch refrains also run throughout the novel. Candide makes his way to a neighbouring town, where he is aided by two soldiers. He is pressed into service and endures beating at the hands of his superiors. He was slapped in every direction by fate. In Paris, Candide becomes ill and is attended by a variety of people, all of whom want a piece of his fortune. He recovers, but is tricked by an actress into giving away much of his fortune and is eventually arrested by the police.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Francois – Marie Arouet (Voltaire) (1694 - 1778) was a French Enlightenment writer, historian and Philosopher, famous for his wit, his attacks on the established Catholic Church, and his advocacy of freedom of religion, freedom of speech and separation of Church and state. Voltaire was a versatile writer, producing works in almost every literary form, including plays, poems, novels, essays, historical and scientific works. He wrote more than 20,000 letters and more than 2000 books and pamphlets. He was an outspoken advocate of civil liberties, despite the risk this placed him in under the script censorship laws of the time. Voltair’s best known histories are “The Age of Louis (1751), and his “Essay on the customs and the spirit of the nation (1756). He broke from the tradition of narrating diplomatic and military events, and emphasised customs, social history and achievements in the arts and sciences.
CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1 |
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How Candide Was Brought Up in a Magnificent Castle and How He |
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Was Driven Thence |
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CHAPTER 2 |
 3  |
What Befell Candide among the Bulgarians |
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CHAPTER 3 |
 6  |
How Candide Escapedfrom the Bulgarians and What Befell Him |
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Afterward |
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CHAPTER 4 |
 8  |
How Candide Found His Old Master Pangloss Again and What |
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CHAPTER 5 |
 11  |
A Tempest, a Shipwreck, an Earthquake, and What Else Befell Dr. |
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Pangloss, Candide, and James, the Anabaptist |
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CHAPTER 6 |
 14  |
How the Portuguese Made a Superb Auto-De-Fe to Prevent Any |
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Future Earthquakes, and How Candide Underwent Public |
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Flagellation |
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CHAPTER 7 |
 16  |
How the Old Woman Took Care OfCandide, and How He Found the |
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Object ofHis Love |
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CHAPTER 8 |
 18  |
Cunegund's Story |
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CHAPTER 9 |
 21  |
What Happened to Cunegund, Candide, the Grand Inquisitor, and the |
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Jew |
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CHAPTER 10 |
 23  |
In What Distress Candide, Cunegund, and the Old Woman Arrive at |
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Cadiz, and OfTheir Embarkation |
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CHAPTER 11 |
 25  |
The History ofthe Old Woman |
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CHAPTER 12 |
 28  |
The Adventures ofthe Old Woman Continued |
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CHAPTERI3 |
 32  |
How Candide Was Obliged to Leave the Fair Cunegund and the Old |
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Woman |
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CHAPTER 14 |
 35  |
The Reception Candide and Cacambo Met with among the Jesuits in |
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Paraguay |
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CHAPTER 15 |
 38  |
How Candide Killed the Brother ofHis Dear Cunegund |
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CHAPTER 16 |
 40  |
What Happened to Our Two Travelers with Two Girls, Two Monkeys, |
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and the Savages, Called Oreillons |
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CHAPTER 17 |
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Candide and His Valet Arrive in the Country ofEl Dorado-What |
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They Saw There |
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CHAPTER 18 |
 48  |
What They Saw in the Country ofEl Dorado |
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CHAPTER 19 |
 53  |
What Happened to Them at Surinam, and How Candide Became |
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Acquainted with Martin |
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CHAPTER 20 |
 58  |
What Befell Candide and Martin on Their Passage |
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CHAPTER 21 |
 61  |
Candide and Martin, While Thus Reasoning with Each Other, Draw |
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Near to the Coast ofFrance |
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CHAPTER 22 |
 63  |
What Happened to Candide and Martin in France |
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CHAPTER 23 |
 72  |
Candide and Martin Touch upon the English Coast-What They See |
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There |
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CHAPTER 24 |
 74  |
OfPacquette and Friar Giroflee |
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CHAPTER 25 |
 78  |
Candide and Martin Pay a Visit to Seignor Pococurante, a Noble |
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Venetian |
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CHAPTER 26 |
 83  |
Candide and Martin Sup with Six Sharpers-Who They Were |
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CHAPTER 27 |
 86  |
Candide's Voyage to Constantinople |
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CHAPTER 28 |
 90  |
What Befell Candide, Cunegund, Pangloss, Martin, etc. |
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CHAPTER 29 IN |
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What Manner Candide Found Miss Cunegund and the Old Woman |
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Again |
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CHAPTER 30 |
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Conclusion |
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