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A witty satire that tells of the young Candide's attempts to stay optimistic through a series of incredible hardships.
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Candide is the picaresque tale of the titular character's fantastical journey from an insular, idealized life in a picturesque castle through the difficulties and evils of the real world. Satirical, comical, witty, and cutting, Candide was widely banned in its day for containing blasphemous and seditious concepts. Despite that, it survived controversy to become an important book in the Western literary heritage. Today Candide remains a breezy and darkly funny read.
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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-Fe, 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 Giroflee
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