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Candide or Optimism.
Title:
Candide or Optimism.
Author:
Voltaire.
ISBN:
9780300127782
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (165 pages)
Contents:
Contents -- Introduction by Johnson Kent Wright -- Translator's Note -- Chapter One - How Candide was raised in a noble mansion, and how he was drivenaway -- Chapter Two - What happened to Candide among the Bulgars -- Chapter Three - How Candide saved himself from the Bulgars, and what becameof him -- Chapter Four - How Candide met his old philosophy teacher, Doctor Pangloss, andwhat had happened to him -- Chapter Five - Tempest, shipwreck, earthquake, and what happened to DoctorPangloss, Candide, and Jacques the Anabaptist -- Chapter Six - How they had a beautiful auto-da-fé in order to put an end to theearthquake, and how Candide was flogged -- Chapter Seven - How an old woman took care of Candide and how he got back hisbeloved -- Chapter Eight - Cunégonde's story -- Chapter Nine - What happened to Cunégonde, to Candide, to the Grand Inquisitor,and to a Jew -- Chapter Ten - In what difficulty Candide, Cunégonde, and the old woman reachedCadiz, and how they boarded a ship -- Chapter Eleven - The old woman's story -- Chapter Twelve - More about the old woman's misfortunes -- Chapter Thirteen - How Candide was forced to leave lovely Cunégonde and the oldwoman -- Chapter Fourteen - How Candide and Cacambo were greeted by the Jesuits ofParaguay -- Chapter Fifteen - How Candide killed his dear Cunégonde's brother -- Chapter Sixteen - What happened to the two travelers with two girls, two monkeys, andthe savages known as Oreillons -- Chapter Seventeen - Arrival of Candide and his valet in the land of Eldorado, and whatthey saw there -- Chapter Eighteen - What they saw in Eldorado -- Chapter Nineteen - How they got to to Surinam, and how Candide came to knowMartin -- Chapter Twenty - What happened at sea to Candide and Martin -- Chapter Twenty-one - Candide and Martin approach the French coast and argue.

Chapter Twenty-two - What happened to Candide and Martin in France -- Chapter Twenty-three - Candide and Martin reach the British coast, and what they seethere -- Chapter Twenty-four - Paquette and Friar Giroflée -- Chapter Twenty-five - Visit to Lord Pococuranté, a nobleman of Venice -- Chapter Twenty-six - A dinner that Candide and Martin shared with six foreigners, and whothey were -- Chapter Twenty-seven - Candide's journey to Constantinople -- Chapter Twenty-eight - What happened to Candide, Cunégonde, Pangloss, Martin, etc. -- Chapter Twenty-nine - How Candide found Cunégonde and the old woman -- Chapter Thirty - Conclusion -- Suggested Reading.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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