Candide

by Voltaire

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VOLTAIRE
CANDIDE

 

WITH TWENTY-SIX ILLUSTRATIONS BY PAUL KLEE

PANTHEON BOOKS INC. NEW YORK

Grateful acknowledgment is made to E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc.,
New York, for permission to reprint Dr. Smollett's translation in the
special revision by James Thornton, as published in Everyman's Library.

 

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CONTENTS

CHAPTER I.	How Candide Was Brought Up in a Magnificent Castle, and How He Was Driven Thence	7
CHAPTER II.	What Befell Candide Among the Bulgarians	10
CHAPTER III.	How Candide Escaped from the Bulgarians, and What Befell Him Afterwards	13
CHAPTER IV.	How Candide Found His Old Master in Philosophy, Dr. Pangloss, Again, and What Happened to Them	16
CHAPTER V.	A Tempest, a Shipwreck, an Earthquake; and What Else Befell Dr. Pangloss, Candide, and James, the Anabaptist	20
CHAPTER VI.	How the Portuguese Made a Superb Auto-De-Fé to Prevent Any Future Earthquakes, and How Candide Underwent Public Flagellation	23
CHAPTER VII.	How the Old Woman Took Care Of Candide, and How He Found the Object of His Love	25
CHAPTER VIII.	The History of Cunegund	28
CHAPTER IX.	What Happened to Cunegund, Candide, the Grand Inquisitor, and the Jew	31
CHAPTER X.	In What Distress Candide, Cunegund, and the Old Woman Arrive at Cadiz, and Of Their Embarkation	34
CHAPTER XI.	The History of the Old Woman	37
CHAPTER XII.	The Adventures of the Old Woman Continued	40
CHAPTER XIII.	How Candide Was Obliged to Leave the Fair Cunegund and the Old Woman	44
CHAPTER XIV.	The Reception Candide and Cacambo Met with Among the Jesuits in Paraguay	47
CHAPTER XV.	How Candide Killed the Brother of His Dear Cunegund	51
CHAPTER XVI.	What Happened to Our Two Travellers with Two Girls, Two Monkeys, and the Savages, Called Oreillons	54
CHAPTER XVII.	Candide and His Servant Arrive in the Country of El Dorado. What They Saw There	59
CHAPTER XVIII.	What They Saw in the Country of El Dorado	63
CHAPTER XIX.	What Happened to Them at Surinam, and How Candide Became Acquainted with Martin	69
CHAPTER XX.	What Befell Candide and Martin on Their Voyage	74
CHAPTER XXI.	Candide and Martin, While Thus Reasoning with Each Other, Draw Near to the Coast of France	77
CHAPTER XXII.	What Happened to Candide and Martin in France	79
CHAPTER XXIII.	Candide and Martin Touch Upon the English Coast; What They Saw There	90
CHAPTER XXIV.	Of Pacquette and Friar Giroflée	92
CHAPTER XXV.	Candide and Martin Pay a Visit to Signor Pococurante, a Noble Venetian	97
CHAPTER XXVI.	Candide and Martin Sup with Six Strangers; and Who They Were	103
CHAPTER XXVII.	Candide’s Voyage to Constantinople	107
CHAPTER XXVIII.	What Befell Candide, Cunegund, Pangloss, Martin, &c.	111
CHAPTER XXIX.	In What Manner Candide Found Cunegund and the Old Woman Again	114
CHAPTER XXX.	Conclusion	116