Candide and Zadig

Two Philosophical Tales

Voltaire

• Publisher: Aeneas Press
• Year: 2026
• Topic: Literature
• eBook ISBN:
  9785486241529
• Subtopic: Classics
• Index: Literature

A young man raised to believe this is the best of all possible worlds is thrown out of the castle and spends the book being flogged, shipwrecked, robbed and hanged across three continents to test the theory. Voltaire wrote it in three days, published it under a false name in five cities at once, and denied authorship for the rest of his life. It was banned almost everywhere and never out of print. Zadig, the earlier tale of a Babylonian sage whose good sense brings him nothing but trouble, keeps it company. Fifty-eight plates after Watteau, Pater, Boucher and Vernet carry the century's own scenes of soldiers, revels and far countries alongside the tale.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Copyright
• Introduction
• Candide. 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
• Zadig; Or, The Book of Fate
• Dedication
• Chap. I. The Blind Eye.
• Chap. II. The Nose.
• Chap. III. The Dog and the Horse.
• Chap. IV. The envious Man.
• Chap. V. The Force of Generosity.
• Chap. VI. The Judgments.
• Chap. VII. The Force of Jealousy.
• Chap. VIII. The Thrash’d Wife.
• Chap. IX. The Captive.
• Chap. X. The Funeral Pile.
• Chap. XI. The Evening’s Entertainment.
• Chap. XII. The Rendezvous.
• Chap. XIII. The Free-booter.
• Chap. XIV. The Fisherman.
• Chap. XV. The Basilisk.
• Chap. XVI. The Tournaments.
• Chap. XVII. The Hermit.
• Chap. XVIII. The Aenigmas, or Riddles.
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