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The Works of Voltaire, Vol. I (Candide) [1759] The Online Library of Liberty A Project Of Liberty Fund, Inc. Voltaire, The Works of Voltaire, Vol. I (Candide) [1759] The Online Library Of Liberty This E-Book (PDF format) is published by Liberty Fund, Inc., a private, non-profit, educational foundation established in 1960 to encourage study of the ideal of a society of free and responsible individuals. 2010 was the 50th anniversary year of the founding of Liberty Fund. It is part of the Online Library of Liberty web site http://oll.libertyfund.org, which was established in 2004 in order to further the educational goals of Liberty Fund, Inc. To find out more about the author or title, to use the site's powerful search engine, to see other titles in other formats (HTML, facsimile PDF), or to make use of the hundreds of essays, educational aids, and study guides, please visit the OLL web site. This title is also part of the Portable Library of Liberty DVD which contains over 1,000 books and quotes about liberty and power, and is available free of charge upon request. The cuneiform inscription that appears in the logo and serves as a design element in all Liberty Fund books and web sites is the earliest-known written appearance of the word “freedom” (amagi), or “liberty.” It is taken from a clay document written about 2300 B.C. in the Sumerian city-state of Lagash, in present day Iraq. To find out more about Liberty Fund, Inc., or the Online Library of Liberty Project, please contact the Director at [email protected]. LIBERTY FUND, INC. 8335 Allison Pointe Trail, Suite 300 Indianapolis, Indiana 46250-1684 Online Library of Liberty: The Works of Voltaire, Vol. I (Candide) Edition Used: The Works of Voltaire. A Contemporary Version. A Critique and Biography by John Morley, notes by Tobias Smollett, trans. William F. Fleming (New York: E.R. DuMont, 1901). In 21 vols. Vol. I. Author: Voltaire Introduction: Oliver Herbrand Gordon Leigh Notes: Tobias Smollett Translator: William F. Fleming About This Title: Taken from the 21 volume 1901 edition of the Complete Works, this is Voltaire’s most famous “philosophic tale” in which he makes fun of the idea that “this is the best of all possible worlds” by showing how much injustice and folly there really is in the world. He targets slavery, religious intoleration, and tyranny. He concludes that each person should “tend to their own garden” and leave others alone to do likewise. PLL v6.0 (generated September, 2011) 2 http://oll.libertyfund.org/title/350 Online Library of Liberty: The Works of Voltaire, Vol. I (Candide) About Liberty Fund: Liberty Fund, Inc. is a private, educational foundation established to encourage the study of the ideal of a society of free and responsible individuals. Copyright Information: The text is in the public domain. Fair Use Statement: This material is put online to further the educational goals of Liberty Fund, Inc. Unless otherwise stated in the Copyright Information section above, this material may be used freely for educational and academic purposes. It may not be used in any way for profit. PLL v6.0 (generated September, 2011) 3 http://oll.libertyfund.org/title/350 Online Library of Liberty: The Works of Voltaire, Vol. I (Candide) Table Of Contents 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. PLL v6.0 (generated September, 2011) 4 http://oll.libertyfund.org/title/350 Online Library of Liberty: The Works of Voltaire, Vol. I (Candide) 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. “Between two servants of Humanity, who appeared eighteen hundred years apart, there is a mysterious relation. * * * * Let us say it with a sentiment of profound respect: JESUS WEPT: VOLTAIRE SMILED. Of that divine tear and of that human smile is composed the sweetness of the present civilization.” VICTOR HUGO. College of Du Page Instructional Resources Center Glen Ellyn, Illinois Presented by Mr. & Mrs. Henry A. Diekmann PLL v6.0 (generated September, 2011) 5 http://oll.libertyfund.org/title/350 Online Library of Liberty: The Works of Voltaire, Vol. I (Candide) PLL v6.0 (generated September, 2011) 6 http://oll.libertyfund.org/title/350 Online Library of Liberty: The Works of Voltaire, Vol. I (Candide) [Back to Table of Contents] VOLTAIRE introductory and biographical victor hugo’s oration candide poetical dissertations Vol. I—Part I Part I page Meeting of Voltaire and Franklin Frontispiece Victor Hugo . 44 Virtue Triumphant Over Vice . .282 PLL v6.0 (generated September, 2011) 7 http://oll.libertyfund.org/title/350 Online Library of Liberty: The Works of Voltaire, Vol. I (Candide) [Back to Table of Contents] PUBLISHER’S PREFACE. Students of Voltaire need not be told that nearly every important circumstance in connection with the history of this extraordinary man, from his birth to the final interment of his ashes in the Panthéon at Paris, is still matter of bitter controversy. If, guided in our judgment by the detractors of Voltaire, we were to read only the vituperative productions of the sentimentalists, the orthodox critics of the schools, the Dr. Johnsons, the Abbé Maynards, Voltaire would still remain the most remarkable man of the eighteenth century. Even the most hostile critics admit that he gave his name to an epoch and that his genius changed the mental, the spiritual, and the political conformation, not only of France but of the civilized world. The anti- Voltairean literature concedes that Voltaire was the greatest literary genius of his age, a master of language, and that his historical writings effected a revolution. Lord Macaulay, an unfriendly critic, says: “Of all the intellectual weapons that have ever been wielded by man, the most terrible was the mockery of Voltaire. Bigots and tyrants who had never been moved by the wailings and cursings of millions, turned pale at his name.” That still more hostile authority, the evangelical Guizot, the eminent French historian, makes the admission that “innate love of justice and horror of fanaticism inspired Voltaire with his zeal in behalf of persecuted Protestants,” and that Voltaire contributed most powerfully to the triumphs of those conceptions of Humanity, Justice, and Freedom which did honor to the eighteenth century.
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