Track	Chapter	Length
01	Introduction	7:58
02	I. How Candide was brought up in a Magnificent Castle, and how he was expelled thence	6:03
03	II. What became of Candide among the Bulgarians	5:43
04	III. How Candide made his escape from the Bulgarians, and what afterwards became of him	5:32
05	IV. How Candide found his old Master Pangloss, and what happened to them	8:14
06	V. Tempest, Shipwreck, Earthquake, and what became of Doctor Pangloss, Candide, and James the Anabaptist	6:26
07	VI. How the Portuguese made a Beautiful Auto-da-fé, to prevent any further Earthquakes: and how Candide was publicly whipped	3:20
08	VII. How the Old Woman took care of Candide and how he found the Object he loved	4:53
09	VIII. The History of Cunegonde	6:58
10	IX. What became of Cunegonde, Candide, the Grand Inquisitor, and the Jew	4:05
11	X. In what distress Candide, Cunegonde, and the Old Woman arrived at Cadiz; and of their Embarkation	4:49
12	XI. History of the Old Woman	8:38
13	XII. The Adventures of the Old Woman continued	9:40
14	XIII. How Candide was forced away from his fair Cunegonde and the Old Woman	5:36
15	XIV. How Candide and Cacambo were received by the Jesuits of Paraguay	8:00
16	XV. How Candide killed the brother of his dear Cunegonde	5:06
17	XVI. Adventures of the Two Travellers, with Two Girls, Two Monkeys, and the Savages called Oreillons	8:20
18	XVII. Arrival of Candide and his Valet at El Dorado, and what they saw there	8:27
19	XVIII. What they saw in the Country of El Dorado	13:11
20	XIX. What happened to them at Surinam and how Candide got acquainted with Martin	11:37
21	XX. What happened at Sea to Candide and Martin	6:01
22	XXI. Candide and Martin, reasoning, draw near the Coast of France	4:14
23	XXII. What happened in France to Candide and Martin	23:10
24	XXIII. Candide and Martin touched upon the Coast of England, and what they saw there	3:24
25	XXIV. Of Paquette and Friar Giroflée	10:51
26	XXV. The Visit to Lord Pococurante a Noble Venetian	12:53
27	XXVI. Of a Supper which Candide and Martin took with Six Strangers, and who they were	7:56
28	XXVII. Candide's Voyage to Constantinople	8:32
29	XXVIII. What happened to Candide, Cunegonde, Pangloss, Martin,etc.	6:27
30	XXIX. How Candide found Cunegonde and the Old Woman again	3:00
31	XXX. The Conclusion	11:39

Notes
Running Time: 4 hours 1 minute
Read by: Ted Delorme
Book Coordinator: Ted Delorme
Meta Coordinator: Kristin Hughes
Proof Listener: AnsWink
Background image: Candide being swindled in Voltaire’s Candide (Paris : Sirène) 1759

Artwork
Cover: "It is at this price that you eat sugar in Europe" 1787 from Candide, by Jean-Michel Moreau (March 26, 1741 – November 30, 1814).
DVD Inset: Portrait of Voltaire circa 1736.
DVD Insert: "Candide DVD Insert background image: Candide being swindled in Voltaire’s Candide (Paris : Sirène) 1759.

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Is this the best of all possible worlds? The title character in Voltaire’s classic novel, Candide, doesn’t ask the question so much as he’s force fed the answer. Raised in a sheltered environment with the words of Liebnizian positivism dropped into his mouth by his tutor, Dr. Pangloss, Candide accepts that all is for the best. Armed with this sunny belief, he leaves the comfort of home and hits the big bad world only to duck and cover as the big bad world hits back again and again. He begins to think that “If this is the best of all possible worlds, then the Creator is an under-achiever”. Subjected to trial after trial and witnessing the many injustices that are the fact and fabric of the world of experience, Candide, as per Voltaire, learns that perhaps the best that one can do is to tend one’s own garden. Written over the course of three days in the middle of the 18th Century (the Age of Enlightenment), this brilliant satire delivers an eloquent argument in a matter of fact voice bathed in the humor that stings with the barb of truth. (Summary by MIchael Hogan)

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Item Info
EAN - DVD case	0684758936103
EAN - CD jacket	0674012594941
Media	MP3 CD
Package	DVD Case
Author	Voltaire (1694 - 1778)
Translator	Philip Littell
Year	1759
Recording
Read by	Ted Delorme
Length	4 hours and 1 minute
Type of Reading	Solo