Voltaire's Candide: One Man's Search For True Happiness And Acceptance Of Life's Disappointments

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and humiliations and is almost beaten to death. Candide escapes
and, after being degraded by good Christians for being an anti-Christ, meets a
diseased beggar who turns out to be Dr. Pangloss. Dr. Pangloss informs him
that Bulgarian soldiers attacked the castle of Westfalia and killed Cunegonde -
more misery!
A charitable Anabaptist gives both Candide and Dr. Pangloss money and
assistance. Dr. Pangloss is cured of his disease, losing one of his eyes and
one of his ears. The Anabaptist takes them with him on a journey to Lisbon.
While aboard the ship, the Anabaptist falls overboard in the process of
rescuing a crew member. Candide finds it more and more difficult to accept Dr.
Pangloss' principle that all is for the best.
In Lisbon there is an earthquake which kills thousands of people,
throwing the city into ruins. Later, Dr. Pangloss is hung as part of an auto-
de-fe. Candide is miraculously taken in by an old woman and is brought to his
love, Cunegonde. She tells him of ...

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