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Candide

by Voltaire (1694–1778)

31 chapters, about 32,000 words. The text is in the public domain in the United States and comes from Project Gutenberg.

Chapters

1. INTRODUCTION 900 words
2. I 800 words
3. WHAT BECAME OF CANDIDE AMONG THE BULGARIANS. 800 words
4. III 700 words
5. IV 1,100 words
6. V 800 words
7. VI 400 words
8. VII 700 words
9. THE HISTORY OF CUNEGONDE. 900 words
10. IX 500 words
11. X 700 words
12. HISTORY OF THE OLD WOMAN. 1,000 words
13. THE ADVENTURES OF THE OLD WOMAN CONTINUED. 1,300 words
14. XIII 800 words
15. XIV 1,100 words
16. XV 700 words
17. XVI 1,200 words
18. XVII 1,000 words
19. XVIII 1,900 words
20. XIX 1,700 words
21. WHAT HAPPENED AT SEA TO CANDIDE AND MARTIN. 800 words
22. XXI 500 words
23. WHAT HAPPENED IN FRANCE TO CANDIDE AND MARTIN. 3,100 words
24. XXIII 400 words
25. OF PAQUETTE AND FRIAR GIROFLÉE. 1,400 words
26. THE VISIT TO LORD POCOCURANTE, A NOBLE VENETIAN. 1,800 words
27. XXVI 1,100 words
28. CANDIDE'S VOYAGE TO CONSTANTINOPLE. 1,300 words
29. WHAT HAPPENED TO CANDIDE, CUNEGONDE, PANGLOSS, MARTIN, ETC. 900 words
30. XXIX 400 words
31. THE CONCLUSION. 1,300 words

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