Candide by Voltaire is a biting satire that criticizes the ideology of overzealous optimism. The protagonist, Candide, embarks on a global journey where he confronts the harsh realities of the world, leading him to question everything he was taught to believe.

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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-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 Cunégonde

IX: What Became of Cunégonde, Candide, the Grand Inquisitor, and the Jew

X: In What Distress Candide, Cunégonde, 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 Cunégonde 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 Cunégonde

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