Candide; Or, the Optimist by Voltaire - Delphi Classics (Illustrated)

Voltaire, Delphi Classics

• Publisher: Delphi Classics (Parts Edition)
• Year: 2017
• ISBN:
  9781788777452
• Topic: Literatur
• Subtopic: Altertumswissenschaften

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Table of contents

• Title page
• VOLTAIRE
• COPYRIGHT
• Voltaire: Parts Edition
• Parts Edition Contents
• Candide; Or, the Optimist
• CONTENTS
• 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.
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