Voltaire,; 1694-1778. .
Candide; or, The optimist,

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  • Front Matter
  • Chapter 1 1759 CANDIDE by Voltaire CHAPTER 1 How Candide Was Brought Up in a Magnificent Castle and How He Was Driven Thence
  • Chapter 2 What Befell Candide among the Bulgarians
  • Chapter 3 How Candide Escaped from the Bulgarians and What Befell Him Afterwards
  • Chapter 4 How Candide Found His Old Master Pangloss Again and What Happened to them
  • Chapter 5 A Tempest, a Shipwreck, an Earthquake, and What Else Befell Dr. Pangloss, Candide, and James, the Anabaptist
  • Chapter 6 How the Portuguese Made a Superb Auto-De-Fe to Prevent Any Future Earthquakes, and How Candide Underwent Public Flagellation
  • Chapter 7 How the Old Woman Took Care Of Candide, and How He Found the Object of His Love
  • Chapter 8 Cunegund's Story
  • Chapter 9 What Happened to Cunegund, Candide, the Grand Inquisitor, and the Jew
  • Chapter 10 In What Distress Candide, Cunegund, and the Old Woman Arrive at Cadiz, and Of Their Embarkation
  • Chapter 11 The History of the Old Woman
  • Chapter 12 The Adventures of the Old Woman Continued
  • Chapter 13 How Candide Was Obliged to Leave the Fair Cunegund and the Old Woman
  • Chapter 14 The Reception Candide and Cacambo Met with among the Jesuits in Paraguay
  • Chapter 15 How Candide Killed the Brother of His Dear Cunegund
  • Chapter 16 What Happened to Our Two Travelers with Two Girls, Two Monkeys,and the Savages, Called Oreillons
  • Chapter 17 Candide and His Valet Arrive in the Country of El Dorado-What They Saw There
  • Chapter 18 What They Saw in the Country of El Dorado
  • Chapter 19 What Happened to Them at Surinam, and How Candide Became Acquainted with Martin
  • Chapter 20 What Befell Candide and Martin on Their Passage
  • Chapter 21 Candide and Martin, While Thus Reasoning with Each Other, Draw Near to the Coast of France.
  • Chapter 22 What Happened to Candide and Martin in France
  • Chapter 23 Candide and Martin Touch upon the English Coast-What They See There
  • Chapter 24 Of Pacquette and Friar Giroflee
  • Chapter 25 Candide and Martin Pay a Visit to Seignor Pococurante, a Noble Venetian
  • Chapter 26 Candide and Martin Sup with Six Sharpers-Who They Were
  • Chapter 27 Candide's Voyage to Constantinople
  • Chapter 28 What Befell Candide, Cunegund, Pangloss, Martin, etc.
  • Chapter 29 What Manner Candide Found Miss Cunegund and the Old Woman Again
  • Chapter 30 Conclusion