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• Voltaire
• Publisher’s Preface.
• Oliver H. G. Leigh., Introduction.
• Oliver Goldsmith On Voltaire.
• Victor Hugo On Voltaire.
• Candide; Or, the Optimist. Part I.
• Chapter I.: How Candide Was Brought Up In a Magnificent Castle and How He Was Driven Thence.
• Chapter II.: What Befell Candide Among the Bulgarians.
• Chapter III.: How Candide Escaped From the Bulgarians, and What Befell Him Afterwards.
• Chapter IV.: How Candide Found His Old Master Pangloss Again and What Happened to Him.
• Chapter V.: A Tempest, a Shipwreck, an Earthquake; and What Else Befell Dr. Pangloss, Candide, and James the Anabaptist.
• Chapter VI.: How the Portuguese Made a Superb Auto-da-fé to Prevent Any Future Earthquakes, and How Candide Underwent Public Flagellation.
• Chapter VII.: How the Old Woman Took Care of Candide, and How He Found the Object of His Love.
• Chapter VIII.: Cunegund’s Story.
• Chapter IX.: What Happened to Cunegund, Candide, the Grand Inquisitor, and the Jew.
• Chapter X.: In What Distress Candide, Cunegund, and the Old Woman Arrive At Cadiz; and of Their Embarkation.
• Chapter XI.: The History of the Old Woman.
• Chapter XII.: The Adventures of the Old Woman Continued.
• Chapter XIII.: How Candide Was Obliged to Leave the Fair Cunegund and the Old Woman.
• Chapter XIV.: The Reception Candide and Cacambo Met With Among the Jesuits In Paraguay.
• Chapter XV.: How Candide Killed the Brother of His Dear Cunegund.
• Chapter XVI.: What Happened to Our Two Travellers With Two Girls, Two Monkeys, and the Savages, Called Oreillons.
• Chapter XVII.: Candide and His Valet Arrive In the Country of El Dorado—what They Saw There.
• Chapter XVIII.: What They Saw In the Country of El Dorado.
• Chapter XIX.: What Happened to Them At Surinam, and How Candide Became Acquainted With Martin.
• Chapter XX.: What Befell Candide and Martin On Their Passage.
• Chapter XXI.: Candide and Martin, While Thus Reasoning With Each Other, Draw Near to the Coast of France.
• Chapter XXII.: What Happened to Candide and Martin In France.
• Chapter XXIII.: Candide and Martin Touch Upon the English Coast—what They See There.
• Chapter XXIV.: Of Pacquette and Friar Giroflée.
• Chapter XXV.: Candide and Martin Pay a Visit to Seignor Pococuranté, a Noble Venetian.
• Chapter XXVI.: Candide and Martin Sup With Six Sharpers—who They Were.
• Chapter XXVII.: Candide’s Voyage to Constantinople.
• Chapter XXVIII.: What Befell Candide, Cunegund, Pangloss, Martin, Etc.
• Chapter XXIX.: In What Manner Candide Found Miss Cunegund and the Old Woman Again.
• Chapter XXX.: Conclusion.
• Part II.
• Chapter I.: How Candide Quitted His Companions, and What Happened to Him.
• Chapter II.: What Befell Candide In This House—how He Got Out of It.
• Chapter III.: Candide’s Reception At Court and What Followed.
• Chapter IV.: Fresh Favors Conferred On Candide; His Great Advancement.
• Chapter V.: How Candide Became a Very Great Man, and Yet Was Not Contented.
• Chapter VI.: The Pleasures of Candide.
• Chapter VII.: The History of Zirza.
• Chapter VIII.: Candide’s Disgusts—an Unexpected Meeting.
• Chapter IX.: Candide’s Disgraces, Travels, and Adventures.
• Chapter X.: Candide and Pangloss Arrive At the Propontis—what They Saw There—what Became of Them.
• Chapter XI.: Candide Continues His Travels.
• Chapter XII.: Candide Still Continues His Travels—new Adventures.
• Chapter XIII.: The History of Zenoida—how Candide Fell In Love With Her.
• Chapter XIV.: Continuation of the Loves of Candide.
• Chapter XV.: The Arrival of Wolhall—a Journey to Copenhagen.
• Chapter XVI.: How Candide Found His Wife Again and Lost His Mistress.
• Chapter XVII.: How Candide Had a Mind to Kill Himself, and Did Not Do It—what Happened to Him At an Inn.
• Chapter XVIII.: Candide and Cacambo Go Into a Hospital—whom They Meet There.
• Chapter XIX.: New Discoveries.
• Chapter XX.: Consequence of Candide’s Misfortune—how He Found His Mistress Again—the Fortune That Happened to Him.

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VOLTAIRE

introductory and biographical victor hugo’s oration candide poetical dissertations

Vol. I—Part I