# Candide — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for Candide by Voltaire.

- [Candide](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/candide_se/chapters/candide.md): Candide, a young man of gentle disposition, lives in the castle of the Baron of Thunder-ten-tronckh in Westphalia. He is taught by the philosopher Pangloss that all is for the best in the best of all possible worlds. Can
- [How Candide Was Brought Up in a Magnificent Castle, and How He Was Expelled Thence](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/candide_se/chapters/i-how-candide-was-brought-up-in-a-magnificent-castle-and-how-he-was-expelled-thence.md): Candide, a gentle and simple-minded youth, lives in the castle of the Baron of Thunder-ten-Tronckh in Westphalia. He is taught by the philosopher Pangloss, who insists that all is for the best in the best of all possible
- [II: What Became of Candide Among the Bulgarians](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/candide_se/chapters/ii-what-became-of-candide-among-the-bulgarians.md): Candide, expelled from the castle, wanders starving and cold until he is recruited by two men in blue who trick him into joining the Bulgarian army. He is trained harshly, beaten for his ineptitude, and later attempts to
- [How Candide Made His Escape from the Bulgarians, and What Afterwards Became of Him](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/candide_se/chapters/iii-how-candide-made-his-escape-from-the-bulgarians-and-what-afterwards-became-of-him.md): Candide hides during a brutal battle between the Bulgarian and Abarian armies, witnessing horrific carnage. He escapes through devastated villages, eventually reaching Holland where he is rejected by a charitable orator 
- [IV: How Candide Found His Old Master Pangloss, and What Happened to Them](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/candide_se/chapters/iv-how-candide-found-his-old-master-pangloss-and-what-happened-to-them.md): Candide encounters a disfigured beggar who turns out to be his former tutor Pangloss. Pangloss reveals that the castle of Thunder-ten-tronckh has been destroyed, the Baron and his family killed, and Cunégonde dead. He at

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- [V: Tempest, Shipwreck, Earthquake, and What Became of Doctor Pangloss, Candide, and James the Anabaptist](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/candide_se/chapters/v-tempest-shipwreck-earthquake-and-what-became-of-doctor-pangloss-candide-and-james-the-anabaptist.md)
- [How the Portuguese Made a Beautiful Auto-Da-Fé, to Prevent Any Further Earthquakes; and How Candide Was Publicly Whipped](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/candide_se/chapters/vi-how-the-portuguese-made-a-beautiful-auto-da-f-to-prevent-any-further-earthquakes-and-how-candide-was-publicly-whipped.md)
- [VII: How the Old Woman Took Care of Candide, and How He Found the Object He Loved](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/candide_se/chapters/vii-how-the-old-woman-took-care-of-candide-and-how-he-found-the-object-he-loved.md)
- [VIII: The History of Cunégonde](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/candide_se/chapters/viii-the-history-of-cun-gonde.md)
- [IX: What Became of Cunégonde, Candide, the Grand Inquisitor, and the Jew](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/candide_se/chapters/ix-what-became-of-cun-gonde-candide-the-grand-inquisitor-and-the-jew.md)
- [X: In What Distress Candide, Cunégonde, and the Old Woman Arrived at Cadiz; and of Their Embarkation](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/candide_se/chapters/x-in-what-distress-candide-cun-gonde-and-the-old-woman-arrived-at-cadiz-and-of-their-embarkation.md)
- [XI: History of the Old Woman](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/candide_se/chapters/xi-history-of-the-old-woman.md)
- [XII: The Adventures of the Old Woman Continued](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/candide_se/chapters/xii-the-adventures-of-the-old-woman-continued.md)
- [XIII: How Candide Was Forced Away from His Fair Cunégonde and the Old Woman](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/candide_se/chapters/xiii-how-candide-was-forced-away-from-his-fair-cun-gonde-and-the-old-woman.md)
- [XIV: How Candide and Cacambo Were Received by the Jesuits of Paraguay](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/candide_se/chapters/xiv-how-candide-and-cacambo-were-received-by-the-jesuits-of-paraguay.md)
- [XV: How Candide Killed the Brother of His Dear Cunégonde](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/candide_se/chapters/xv-how-candide-killed-the-brother-of-his-dear-cun-gonde.md)
- [XVI: Adventures of the Two Travellers, with Two Girls, Two Monkeys, and the Savages Called Oreillons](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/candide_se/chapters/xvi-adventures-of-the-two-travellers-with-two-girls-two-monkeys-and-the-savages-called-oreillons.md)
- [Arrival of Candide and His Valet at El Dorado, and What They Saw There](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/candide_se/chapters/xvii-arrival-of-candide-and-his-valet-at-el-dorado-and-what-they-saw-there.md)
- [XVIII: What They Saw in the Country of El Dorado](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/candide_se/chapters/xviii-what-they-saw-in-the-country-of-el-dorado.md)
- [Chapter XIX: What Happened to Them at Surinam and How Candide Got Acquainted with Martin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/candide_se/chapters/xix-what-happened-to-them-at-surinam-and-how-candide-got-acquainted-with-martin.md)
- [XX: What Happened at Sea to Candide and Martin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/candide_se/chapters/xx-what-happened-at-sea-to-candide-and-martin.md)
- [Chapter XXI: Candide and Martin, Reasoning, Draw Near the Coast of France](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/candide_se/chapters/xxi-candide-and-martin-reasoning-draw-near-the-coast-of-france.md)
- [XXII: What Happened in France to Candide and Martin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/candide_se/chapters/xxii-what-happened-in-france-to-candide-and-martin.md)
- [XXIII: Candide and Martin Touched Upon the Coast of England, and What They Saw There](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/candide_se/chapters/xxiii-candide-and-martin-touched-upon-the-coast-of-england-and-what-they-saw-there.md)
- [Of Paquette and Friar Giroflée](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/candide_se/chapters/xxiv-of-paquette-and-friar-girofl-e.md)
- [XXV: The Visit to Lord Pococurante, a Noble Venetian](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/candide_se/chapters/xxv-the-visit-to-lord-pococurante-a-noble-venetian.md)
- [Of a Supper Which Candide and Martin Took with Six Strangers, and Who They Were](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/candide_se/chapters/xxvi-of-a-supper-which-candide-and-martin-took-with-six-strangers-and-who-they-were.md)
- [Chapter XXVII: Candide's Voyage to Constantinople](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/candide_se/chapters/xxvii-candide-s-voyage-to-constantinople.md)
- [Chapter XXVIII: What Happened to Candide, Cunégonde, Pangloss, Martin, etc.](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/candide_se/chapters/xxviii-what-happened-to-candide-cun-gonde-pangloss-martin-etc.md)
- [Chapter XXIX: How Candide Found Cunégonde and the Old Woman Again](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/candide_se/chapters/xxix-how-candide-found-cun-gonde-and-the-old-woman-again.md)
- [XXX: The Conclusion](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/candide_se/chapters/xxx-the-conclusion.md)
- [Endnotes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/candide_se/chapters/endnotes.md)

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