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Candide.
Title:
Candide.
Author:
Voltaire.
ISBN:
9781497684256
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (179 pages)
Contents:
Cover -- Title Page -- INTRODUCTION -- 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. -- 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. -- Copyright.
Abstract:
Voltaire's satire of eighteenth-century Europe, hailed as one of the most influential works in the Western canon Candide's misfortunes begin when his uncle, a German baron, banishes him for kissing the baron's daughter, Cunégonde. Forced to make his own way in the world, Candide goes from conscription in the Bulgar army, to Lisbon, after a harrowing voyage by sea, to the tutelage of the Enlightenment philosopher Pangloss. After an unexpected reunion with his beloved Cunégonde, Candide finds that further misadventure awaits, first through South America and then back in Europe, where he settles in the countryside. Among the most widely renowned texts of western literature, Candide lives on two hundred fifty years since its first publication as a supreme example of political, philosophical, and religious satire whose wit and power of observation have influenced writers for generations. This ebook has been professionally proofread to ensure accuracy and readability on all devices.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2020. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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