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Candide: The Translation of Tobias Smollet with the illustrations of Antoni Clave by Voltaire, 1694-1778, Smollett, T. (Tobias), 1721-1771; Clavé, Antoni, 1913-2005 is a book available to read on EtoBox.

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154 pages : 24 cm In this philosophical fantasy, naive Candide sees and suffers such misfortune that he ultimately rejects the philosophy of his tutor Doctor Pangloss, who claims that "all is for the best in this best of all possible worlds." Candide and his companions--Pangloss, his beloved Cunegonde, and his servant Cacambo--display an instinct for survival that provides them hope in an otherwise somber setting. When they all retire together to a simple life on a small farm, they discover that the secret of happiness is to "cultivate one's garden," a practical philosophy that excludes idealism and nebulous metaphysics 1. How Candide was brought up in a magninficent castle and how he was driven thence -- 2. What befell Candide among the Bulgarians -- 3. How Candide escaped from the Bulgarians and what befell him afterward -- 4. How Candide found his old master Pangloss again and what happened to him -- 5. A tempest, a shipwreck, an earthquake, and what else befell Dr. Pangloss, Candide, and James, the Anabaptist -- 6. How the Portugese made a superb auto-da-fe to prevent any future earthquakes and how Candide underwent public flagellation -- 7. How the old woman toolk care of Cand

Author

Voltaire, 1694-1778, Smollett, T. (Tobias), 1721-1771; Clavé, Antoni, 1913-2005

Publisher

Franklin Center, PA : Franklin Library

Published

1979

Language

EN