BY VOLTAIRE

Candide

Chapter 1 How Candide was brought up in a fine

castle, and how he was expelled from it 

Candide – Lived in Westphalia, castle of Lord the Baron of Thunder-ten-tronckh

      -Good manners, upright heart, easy frankness – why named “Candide”

      -Son of my Lord the Baron’s sister, she did not marry Candide’s father Got behind the screen with Cunegonde, kissed her, then

the Baron saw and kicked Candide out of the castle.

Chapter 1 ContBaron – One of the most powerful lords in Westphalia 

My Lady the Baroness – weighted 350 pounds 

Miss Cunegonde – 17-yr-old daughter of Lady of Baroness  

Dr. Pangloss – oracle of the castle, greatest philosopher of the province,  teacher of metaphysico-theologo-cosmolonigology proved that there could not be a effect without a cause things cannot be otherwise than they are

nose is made to carry glasses legs are designed to wear stockings, etc.

Chapter 2 What became of Candide among the

Bulgarians 

Candide waledked to neighboring village – Walber-ghoff-trarbk-dikdorff had no money, hungry, tired 2 men invited him to dinner asked Candide if he loved the King of Bulgarians Candide said he never saw him, they told him he was

the bulwark, the hero of the Bulgarians

Chapter 2 Cont. Candide was made to perform exercises,

was beaten, One day he walked outside, they put him

in a dungeon & asked if he wanted to be whipped or shot in the forehead.  Went through the whipping 2 times & then asked them to shoot him.

The King of Bulgarians pardoned him. Surgeon cured him in 3 weeks

Chapter 3How Candide made his escape from Bulgarians

King of Bulgarians battled King of the Abares

30,000 killed Candide went to another village to Holland. Asked if he believed the Anti-Christ was alive Candide did not know, but wanted bread, was treated badly Anabaptist named James took Candide home, gave him food,

cleaned up, gave him 2 florins for a present Next day while out for a walk, he met a beggar (Dr. Pangloss)

Chapter 4How Candide met Dr. Pangloss & What happened to

them Candide gave Pangloss the 2 florins that were from Anabaptist

James, carried him to Anabaptist’s stable to give him bread Pangloss told him that Cunegonde is dead, killed by Bulgarian

soldiers Also Castle had been destroyed, Lady the Baroness was dead Pangloss was dying of pox Candide went to Anabaptist James, who paid to have Pangloss cured Pangloss lost an eye and an ear Pangloss became bookkeeper for Anabaptist James After 2 months, the 3 went to Lisbon on a ship for business Ship was attacked by a storm, they could see the harbor or Lisbon

Chapter 5Tempest, shipwreck, earthquake and what became

of Pangloss, Candide & Anabaptist James On the ship, furious sailor struck Anabaptist James, sailor went

overboard, James tried to save the sailor, but instead James fell into the sea and died because the sailor wouldn’t save him

Pangloss stopped Candide from throwing himself into the sea.  He demonstrated to Candide that the road to Lisbon had been made on purpose for this Anabaptist to be drowned

The only survivors were Candide, Pangloss and the sailor who had drowned Anabaptist James

Candide and Pangloss made it to Lisbon floating on a plank, the sailor swam

When they got there, there was horrible earthquake

Chapter 5 Cont. The sailor took money from the dying, got drunk, etc. Pangloss told him that it was not right and that he was

choosing his time badly, but the sailor said he was wrong.

Candide was hurt and Pangloss helped him, they then helped those injured

Pangloss told them that “all this must necessarily be for the best”

Man who belonged to the inquisition told Pangloss that he didn’t believe in original sin; for if all is for the best, then there has been neither fall nor punishment”

Chapter 6How a fine inquisition was celebrated to

prevent earthquakes and how Candide was whipped 

After the earthquake had destroyed ¾ of Lisbon, the University of Coimbra decided to give the people an inquisition to prevent earthquakes – they would burn some people to death with a slow fire and ceremony

They took a Biscayan, convicted of having married his god-mother, 2 Portuguese who stripped the lard when eating a pullet, Dr. Pangloss, who spoke too freely, and Candide

Chapter 6 Cont. They put them in gowns with paper crowns on

their heads, marched them in procession.  There was a pathetic speech and fine music on an organ. 

Candide was whipped on the back while they were singing, the rest were burnt.

Pangloss was hanged Candide said to himself, “If this is the best of

possible worlds, what then are the rest?”  An old woman told him to follow her

Chapter 7How an old woman took care of Candide

Old woman took him to an old house and took care of him

After he recovered a few days later, she took him to a house in the country to a guilded closet

She returned with a woman with a veil and told Candide to take the veil off

It was Miss Cunegonde

Chapter 8 The history of Cunegonde 

Cunegonde told Candide about how the Bulgarians had murdered her father and brother and cut her mother to pieces

The Bulgarian soldier then abused her and cut her with his hanger Then the Bulgarian captain came in and killed the Bulgarian soldier who was

hurting her The captain carried her as a prisoner of war for 3 months til he lost all of his

money He sold her to a Jew named Don Issachar The grand inquisitor saw her and wanted her, but Issachar would not agree The inquisitor threatened Issachar and they agreed to have her belong to both of

them Cunegonde was at the inquisition and saw when Pangloss was hanged and

Candide was whipped Then she had the old woman bring Candide to the house and came to see him

Chapter 9 What happened to Cunegonde, Candide, the grand

inquisitor and the Jew 

On Sunday, while they were having supper, Issachar, the Jew,  came in

Issachar was going to kill Candide, but the old woman had given Candide a sword so he killed Issachar

Cunegonde thought that if Pangloss were still alive, he would give them advice about what to do in this situation

The Inquisitor came in while the old woman was giving advice Candide reasoned that he had to kill the Inquisitor or he and

Cunegonde would be roasted alive Candide killed the Inquisitor The old woman said there were 3 Andalusian horses in the stable,

they should go to Cadiz immediately

Chapter 10In what distress Candide, Cunegonde & old

woman arrived in Cadiz

Someone robbed Cunegonde all of her diamonds & pistols The old woman thought it was a cavalier who stayed at

the same inn in Badajos Pangloss had said that the goods of this world are

common to all men and that every one has an equal right to them

The old woman said they should sell one of the horses, she would ride with Cunegonde and then they could reach Cadiz

Chapter 10 Cont. When they got to Cadiz, they were assembling troops

and since Candide had served among the Bulgarians, he was made a captain

On the voyage, Candide argued on Pangloss’ philosophy  Candide said that they were going to another world and “that everything is for the best.  He said that all would be well there, the new world is the

best of all possible worlds” Cunegonde had little hope, but the old woman told her that her life had been far worse than Cunegonde’s.

Chapter 11The history of the old woman

The old woman told of when she had been a young and beautiful princess, daughter of a king

She was to marry a prince, when his former mistress poisoned him and he died

Her mother took her away when at sea, soldiers abused them and took them as slaves to Morocco

When they got to Morocco, there were 50 civil wars, battled over the women

She saw many killed including her mother She pulled herself out of a pile of dead people A man with her own speech was there too

Chapter 12The sequel of the old woman’s adventures 

Happy to hear someone with her own country’s language, he helped her to a house and cared for her, told her that he was a singer in the chapel of her Highness, the Princess of Palestrina (the old woman’s mother).  He had cared for the old woman til she was 6 years old

He told her he would take her to Italy, but instead took her to Algiers and sold her there to the Dey.

The plague was there, famine and war, everyone dying Then she was sold to a merchant, sold at Tripoli, sold at Alexandria,

at Smyrna, at Constantinople, sold to Aga Killed many Russians Plague made them want to kill and eat the women, but Iman

preached that they could just cut

Chapter 12 Cont. the backs of the women to eat instead of killing them The women were all ready to die The Russians didn’t care about the condition the

women were in The French surgeon cured the women She then went to Moscow, a Boyard made her his

gardener and whipped her every day She finally escaped, being a servant most recently to

Don Issachar, the Jew That was how she got to Cunegonde Old woman told her to ask each passenger to tell her

his story

Chapter 13How Candide was obliged to part from the fair

Cunegonde & the old woman 

They got each passenger to tell his story on the way to Buenos-Ayres Cunegonde, Candide and the old woman met the governor The governor thought Cunegonde to be the prettiest woman he had ever

seen Asked if he was Candide’s wife, Candide asked the governor to marry

them The governor asked Cunegonde to marry him, gave her 15 min. to decide,

she consulted with the old woman She told her that she had nothing since all of her jewelry had been stolen,

if she married the governor, she would be the wife of the greatest lord in South America and could also made the fortune of Captain Candide

Chapter 13 Cont. While they were talking, the vessel entering the port

was the one where the cavalier was on who had stolen all of Cunegonde’s jewelry while they were in Cadiz

A report was spread that an Alcald was going to land in pursuit of the murderer of the grand inquisitor.  The old woman told Cunegonde that she could not run away, she had nothing to fear and the governor was in love with her

The old woman told Candide to fly or in an hour he would be burnt alive.

Chapter 14How Candide and Cacambo were received by the

clerics of Paraguay 

Candide followed the old woman’s advice and on horses brought a valet with him from Cadiz named Cacambo to Paraguay

Cacambo told Candide that they needed to run and he had to leave Cunegonde

He would show Candide how to get to Paraguay to fight for the clerics

Cacambo knew Paraguay and told Candide that it was an admirable government, the rulers are masters of everything and the people have nothing

He told him that he would be the happiest of mortals there, a captain who understands the Bulgarian exercise would serve well there

Chapter 14 Cont.

When they reached the first barrier, Candide & Cacambo were disarmed and their horses were seized, soldiers surrounded them, the sergeant told them to wait and that the lord ruler does not permit any Spaniard (Cacambo) to speak

Cacambo told them that Candide was a German and the commandant immediately said they could speak to him

They were given back their guns and horses and were given food to eat

They were overjoyed to find out that the Cleric was from Westphalia just like Candide – it was Cunegonde’s brother, the Baron’s son

They were happy and astonished to see each other and Candide told him that his sister, Cunegonde, was alive and at the house of the governor of Buenos-Ayres.  He told him that he had come to fight against the Cleric.

Chapter 15How Candide killed the brother of his dear

Cunegonde 

The baron’s son (the commandant) told Candide of the day when he had seen his mother and father killed and couldn’t find his sister (Cunegonde) afterwards

He had been flung into a cart with his mother, father, 2 maids and 3 lads to that were murdered to be buried in a chapel which belonged to the clerics.

When  a cleric sprinkled salt holy water on the dead people, some got in the baron’s eye and the cleric saw his eye balls move and felt his heart beat

The cleric took the baron to heal and then the baron became a colonel The baron was glad to hear that Cunegonde was alive

Chapter 15 Cont. Candide told the baron that he wished to marry Cunegonde The baron was angry to hear this Candide told him about how he had helped her from the Jew

and the inquisitor and that Cunegonde was willing to marry him

Master Pangloss had always told Candide that all men are equal

The cleric baron hit Candide on the face Candide then killed the cleric baron with his sword, that

was the third man he had killed Cacambo took the dress that the cleric Baron had worn and

put it on Candide, had him ride his horse to look like he was a cleric and got out of there

Chapter 16What passed between our two travelers and two girls, two

monkeys and the savages called Oreillons 

Candide and Cacambo got out before anyone found out about the death of the cleric baron

After they traveled for awhile, Cacambo tried to get Candide to eat but he wouldn’t because he was too upset about having killed the Baron’s son

They heard cries and saw 2 girls running naked chased by 2 large monkeys Candide killed the 2 monkeys and thought he had saved the girls from

danger He thought he made up for killing the Baron’s son by saving the 2 girls Then Candide saw that the girls were devastated that their monkeys were

dead Cacambo was afraid that the girls would play a spiteful tick on them

Chapter 16 Cont. When they woke up in the morning, they could not move. They had

been bound by cords made of the tree bark and were surrounded by 50 Oreillons with arrows and clubs.  They were boiling water in a cauldron and were going to eat these men who they thought were clerics

Cacambo went to speak to the Oreillons because he understood the jargon of these people

He told them that they were not clerics, Candide was just dressed like a cleric because he had killed one (the Baron’s son)

Cancambo also told the Oreillon people to take the gown to the first pass of government and find out whether or not Candide had killed a cleric officer

Cancambo said that if he was lying, the Oreillon people could eat them The Oreillon people sent 2 deputies out to check and they returned

saying that Candide was not a cleric after all and the people treated him well

Chapter 17The arrival of Candide and his man at the

Country of Eldorado 

Cacambo said to Candide that this part of the world is no better than the other

Cacambo wanted to return to Europe Candide said that they couldn’t. He could not go back to his

own country because the Bulgarians & Arabians would get him, to return to Portugal he would be burned alive, and he couldn’t leave Cunegonde in this part of the world

Even though they didn’t know how to get there, they decided to go to Cayenne.  On the way there, their horses died of fatigue and they ate up all of their supplies

Chapter 17 Cont. There was an empty canoe so they filled it with cocoa

and got in to drift down the river Their canoe was broken in pieces when it hit rocks,

they found a beautiful land, there was gold, rubies and emeralds everywhere

They spoke Peruvian language and Cacambo interpreted for Candide

The country was unknown to the rest of the world and so different nature.  They thought it to be the country where everything really is for the best.

Chapter 18 What they saw in the country of Eldorado 

- In Eldorado, they went to the home of an old man who told them that the kingdom was the ancient country of the Incas, who left it to conquer one part of the world, but instead they were all destroyed by the Spaniards The princes made it a law that anyone who lived there could never leave the

kingdom The kingdom is surrounded by rocks Candide asked Cacambo to ask if there was any religion in the country and what it

was The old man was upset at the question and told him that they had one God they

worshipped, but they never prayed because they had nothing to pray for.  They had everything they needed and just gave thanks to their God.

Candide thought that this place was very different than Westphalia.  Pangloss had never seen Eldorado but if he would have, he would realize it was better in this land that the castle of Thunder-ten-tronckh and that everyone should travel

Chapter 18 Cont. The old man got 6 sheep ready and sent them off to the king’s

palace They were treated very well and found out the custom to greeting

the king was to embrace the King and kiss him on both cheeks They were shown around the city, they had no prisons there Then they went back to the palace for dinner and entertainment

and stayed for a month before they decided to leave.  Candide wanted to get to Cunegonde.

The King told them they were foolish to leave.  The mountains surrounded the  kingdom so the king ordered the constructors to make a machine to get them to the other side of the mountains.  They asked for some of the stones and dirt of the kingdom to take with them along with 20 sheep, precious stones, diamonds

They thought they now had enough to pay for Cunegonde from the governor of Buenos-Ayres to let her go

Chapter 19 What happened to them at Surinam and how Candide became

acquainted with Martin  

The journey started out good, Candide carved the name of Cunegonde in every tree he came to

They then started to lose the sheep because of fatigue until they only had 2 sheep left

Candide said to Cacambo that the riches of the world are perishable, but he would be happy to see Cunegonde again.  They thought they were at the end of their troubles and at the beginning of their happiness

When they got to the city, there was a Negro with his left leg and right hand gone He was a slave and worked in the sugarhouses.  Custom was that if one finger got

caught in the mill, they cut off their hand and if the tried to run away, they cut off one of their legs

The dogs, monkeys and parrots were better off than the slaves They entered Surinam sad, thinking about the cruelty and that it was ridiculous to

think that everything is right, when it really is wrong

Chapter 19 Cont They went to see if there was a ship in the harbor going to Buenos-Ayres The Spanish commander agreed to meet them at the inn with their 2 sheep Candide told the Spaniard his adventures and about Cunegonde.  Candide

learned that Cunegonde was the governor’s favorite mistress and Candide was sad

Candide asked Cacambo to go to the governor and pay him for Cunegonde, Candide would go to Venice and wait there for him and Cunegonde

He made arrangements to go to Venice and the master of the vessel and made him pay and pay, then the sheep were put on the vessel and were stolen with the riches

Candide finally got on a French ship.  He remembered the old woman telling him that there was not a single person on the ship that had not experienced some terrible misfortune.

He thought of Pangloss on every adventure and that “if everything is ordered for the best, it must be at Eldorado, but nowhere else on earth”

He hired Martin, a poor scholar, who would amuse him during the voyage

Chapter 19 Cont. The Spanish commander agreed to meet them at the inn with their 2 sheep Candide told the Spaniard his adventures and about Cunegonde.  Candide

learned that Cunegonde was the governor’s favorite mistress and Candide was sad

Candide asked Cacambo to go to the governor and pay him for Cunegonde, Candide would go to Venice and wait there for him and Cunegonde

He made arrangements to go to Venice and the master of the vessel and made him pay and pay, then the sheep were put on the vessel and were stolen with the riches

Candide finally got on a French ship.  He remembered the old woman telling him that there was not a single person on the ship that had not experienced some terrible misfortune.

He thought of Pangloss on every adventure and that “if everything is ordered for the best, it must be at Eldorado, but nowhere else on earth”

He hired Martin, a poor scholar, who would amuse him during the voyage

Chapter 20 What happened to Candide and Martin at Sea

Together Candide and Martin went on a ship to Bordeaux He asked Martin about his opinion on physical and moral evil Martin told him that the clerics had accused him of being Socinian, but he

was a Manichean even though there are no Manicheans left in the world Martin said that the world is bad Candide said that there is good in the world They heard a cannon and saw 2 vessels engaged in battle Candide then saw saw one of his red sheep in the water and they joyfully

recovered it The immense riches that had been stolen from Candide were now buried

in the sea and Candide thought that they were punished for stealing from him

Candide thought that since he had found the sheep, he would recover Cunegonde also

Chapter 21Candide and Martin draw near to the Coast of

France and continue to discuss 

Martin and Candide discuss people of France, Holland and what the people are like there, some good and some bad Candide says he doesn’t care to see France, he just wants

Cunegonde and will wait for her in Venice Martin says that in France strangers are welcome if they

have a good deal of money and Martin will stay with Candide

They disputed about mankind – the good and the bad and then arrived at Bordeaux

Chapter 22What happened in France to Candide and

Martin

They went to Paris where Candide got sick and was taken care of well because he was not poor

As Candide got sicker, the town clerk came and billed him for a funeral but Martin was going to throw the clerk out of the window for being troublesome

Candide and Martin were taken to the playhouse theatre

Chapter 23Candide and Martin go to the English Coast and what

they saw there 

Candide and Martin are on a Dutch ship arriving at Portsmouth There were many people on shore looking at a man kneeling with his

eyes bandaged on the deck of a ship of war, 4 soldiers shot him in the head

The man shot was the admiral of the ship and was killed because he did not kill enough men himself.  He was found guilty of not being near enough to the French admiral he attacked.  In this country every now and then an admiral is killed to make the rest fight better.

Candide was shocked and would not set foot on shore, he wanted to go directly to Venice

When they got to Venice, Candide knew he would see Cunegonde. “Everything is right, everything goes well; everything is the best

that it can possibly be.”

Chapter 24Concerning Paquetta and Girofflee

In Venice, Candide searched for Cacambo but could not find him

He thought she was dead, he told Martin that he was right – all is illusion and misery here

Martin advised Candide to forget about Cunegonde and Cacambo

When they saw a young girl with a young guard who were happy, Candide believed they were happy and Martin said they were not.

They invited them to dinner and the girl told Candide that she was Paquetta

Chapter 24 Cont. Paquetta knew of all the disasters that had happened to the

family of my Lady the Baroness and Cunegonde.  The Baron had kicked Paquetta out of the castle after Candide had been kicked out

She told them of her horrible life after leaving the castle and Martin told Candide that he was right – she had been very unhappy

Girofflee, the guard, told of being forced to be a guard by his parents when he was 15 years old

After hearing his story, Martin told Candide he had won the bet, neither of them was happy

Candide wants to find Cunegonde again and Martin says that he hopes that Cunegonde will make Candide happy one day, but he questions that happening.

Candide wants to visit Seignior Pococurante

Chapter 25The visit to Seignior Pococurante, the noble

Venetian

Candide and Martin went in a gondola to have dinner and visit the beautiful palace of Pococurante

Pococurante was tired of everything that he had and very negative Candide just wants to be happy to see Cunegonde again and

Martin said that “it is always best to hope” Cacambo was still not found and Candide was in grief Paquetta and Girofflee did not come to thank him, but Candide

didn’t notice

Chapter 26Of Candide and Martin Supping with six strangers,

and who they were 

Candide and Martin were going to eat when Cacambo came to him and told Candide that Cunegonde was in Constantinople.  They would go to her after supper.  Cacambo was a slave

Candide was full of joy and grief, sat down to supper with Martin and 6 strangers

Cacambo told Candide that the ship was ready and all the guests stared at each other.  Candide and Martin thought this was a masquerade of the carnival but the 6 strangers were all dethroned kings

The 6 asked Candide if he was a king and he said no and that he had no desire to be one

Candide wanted to go to Constantinople to find Cunegonde

Chapter 27 Candide’s voyage to Constatntinople

Cacambo got Martin and Candide on the ship to Constantinople

Candide said again that all things are for the best, he was going to see Conegonde

Candide asked Cacambo if Cunegonde was still beauty and if she loved Candide

Cacambo tells that Cunegonde washes dishes on the banks of the Propontis, she is a slave.  He tells him that she has lost all of her beauty and is now ugly

Candide says that it is his duty to still love her, he has diamonds that he can purchase Cunegonde

Chapter 27 Cont. 2 slaves rowing the boat resembled Pangloss and the

Baron When Candide said the names of Pangloss and the

Baron, the slaves were petrified.  They really were Pangloss and the Baron

Candide would pay the Levant captain for Pangloss and the Baron

But first he wanted to get to Cunegonde, he wanted to know how they both were still alive

Candide paid ransom for Baron and Pangloss and then went to find Cunegonde

Chapter 28What happened to Candide, Cunegonde,

Pangloss, Martin

Candide asked the Baron to pardon him for trying to kill him with his sword

The Baron told about after he was cured, he was taken by Spaniards and put in prison in Buenos-Ayres, he wanted to return to Europe

Candide asked Pangloss how he could be alive when he saw him hanged

Pangloss said that it had been raining and it was a violent storm.  The cord had been wet and he had been able to breath

Chapter 28 Cont. After they hung him a surgeon bought his body and

took him to his home and he began to cut him to dissect him when he was alive.  When he screamed the surgeon was scared and ran away

Then he was healed and went to Constantinople He was sent to the galleys and met the Baron there Candide asked Pangloss if going through all of the bad

things he still thought that things in the world were all for the best?  Pangloss said yes, it was still his opinion

Chapter 29How Candide found Cunegonde and the

old woman again

They found Cunegonde and the old woman and Candide ransomed them both

Cunegonde did not know she had become ugly The Baron still did not want Candide and Cunegonde

to be married

Chapter 30 Conclusion 

Candide did not want to marry Cunegonde Pangloss proved that the Baron had no right over Cunegonde, his

sister Candide had been cheated by the Jews and all he had left was his

small farm Candide had been cheated by the Jews The old woman was sick Cacambo worked in the garden and was worn out from labor Martin thought that all was equally bad throughout Candide, Martin and Pangloss disputed about metaphysics and ethics There was a catastrophe at Constantinople where many of their

friends were killed

Chapter 30 Cont. The Turk said to Candide that the 3 greatest evils

were tiresomeness, vice and want Pangloss said that people are supposed to work Cunegonde became an excellent pastry cook, Paquetta

embroidered, the old woman took care of the linen Girofflee became a carpenter and a very honest man Pangloss still said “All the events in this best of

possible worlds are admirably connected. If a single link in the great chain were omitted, the harmony of the entire universe would be destroyed.” 

Pangloss said that if everything had not happened to Candide before, they would not be there today