Candide; or, The Optimist

by Voltaire

Table of Contents

I - HOW CANDIDE WAS BROUGHT UP IN A MAGNIFICENT CASTLE, AND HOW HE WAS EXPELLED THENCE.

II - WHAT BECAME OF CANDIDE AMONG THE BULGARIANS.

III - HOW CANDIDE MADE HIS ESCAPE FROM THE BULGARIANS, AND WHAT AFTERWARDS BECAME OF HIM.

IV - HOW CANDIDE FOUND HIS OLD MASTER PANGLOSS, AND WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM.

V - TEMPEST, SHIPWRECK, EARTHQUAKE, AND WHAT BECAME OF DOCTOR PANGLOSS, CANDIDE, AND JAMES THE ANABAPTIST.

VI - HOW THE PORTUGUESE MADE A BEAUTIFUL AUTO-DA-FÉ, TO PREVENT ANY FURTHER EARTHQUAKES; AND HOW CANDIDE WAS PUBLICLY WHIPPED.

VII - HOW THE OLD WOMAN TOOK CARE OF CANDIDE, AND HOW HE FOUND THE OBJECT HE LOVED.

VIII - THE HISTORY OF CUNEGONDE.

IX - WHAT BECAME OF CUNEGONDE, CANDIDE, THE GRAND INQUISITOR, AND THE JEW.

X - IN WHAT DISTRESS CANDIDE, CUNEGONDE, AND THE OLD WOMAN ARRIVED AT CADIZ; AND OF THEIR EMBARKATION.

XI - HISTORY OF THE OLD WOMAN.

XII - THE ADVENTURES OF THE OLD WOMAN CONTINUED.

XIII - HOW CANDIDE WAS FORCED AWAY FROM HIS FAIR CUNEGONDE AND THE OLD WOMAN.

XIV - HOW CANDIDE AND CACAMBO WERE RECEIVED BY THE JESUITS OF PARAGUAY.

XV - HOW CANDIDE KILLED THE BROTHER OF HIS DEAR CUNEGONDE.

XVI - ADVENTURES OF THE TWO TRAVELLERS, WITH TWO GIRLS, TWO MONKEYS, AND THE SAVAGES CALLED OREILLONS.

XVII - ARRIVAL OF CANDIDE AND HIS VALET AT EL DORADO, AND WHAT THEY SAW THERE.

XVIII - WHAT THEY SAW IN THE COUNTRY OF EL DORADO.

XIX - WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM AT SURINAM AND HOW CANDIDE GOT ACQUAINTED WITH MARTIN.

XX - WHAT HAPPENED AT SEA TO CANDIDE AND MARTIN.

XXI - CANDIDE AND MARTIN, REASONING, DRAW NEAR THE COAST OF FRANCE.

XXII - WHAT HAPPENED IN FRANCE TO CANDIDE AND MARTIN.

XXIII - CANDIDE AND MARTIN TOUCHED UPON THE COAST OF ENGLAND, AND WHAT THEY SAW THERE.

XXIV - OF PAQUETTE AND FRIAR GIROFLÉE.

XXV - THE VISIT TO LORD POCOCURANTE, A NOBLE VENETIAN.

XXVI - OF A SUPPER WHICH CANDIDE AND MARTIN TOOK WITH SIX STRANGERS, AND WHO THEY WERE.[34]

XXVII - CANDIDE'S VOYAGE TO CONSTANTINOPLE.

XXVIII - WHAT HAPPENED TO CANDIDE, CUNEGONDE, PANGLOSS, MARTIN, ETC.

XXIX - HOW CANDIDE FOUND CUNEGONDE AND THE OLD WOMAN AGAIN.

XXX - THE CONCLUSION.

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