Candide The Optimist 

by 

Voltaire
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Table of Contents

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 Afterward 
Chapter 4 - How Candide Found His Old Master Pangloss Again and What Happened to Him 
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

 


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