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1、CandideVoltaire(Translator:TobiasSmollett)Published:1759AboutVoltaire:Fran.ois-MarieArouet(21November1694–30May1778),betterknownbythepennameVoltaire,wasaFrenchEnlightenmentwriter,essayist,deistandphilosopherknownforhiswit,philosophicalsport,anddefenseofcivilliberties,includingf
2、reedomofreligionandtherighttoafairtrial.HewasanoutspokensupporterofsocialreformdespitestrictcensorshiplawsinFranceandharshpenaltiesforthosewhobrokethem.Asatiricalpolemicist,hefrequentlymadeuseofhisworkstocriticizeChristianChurchdogmaandtheFrenchinstitutionsofhisday.Source:Wikip
3、ediaChapter1Chapter1HowCandideWasBroughtUpinaMagnificentCastleandHowHeWasDrivenThenceInthecountryofWestphalia,inthecastleofthemostnobleBaronofThunder-ten-tronckh,livedayouthwhomNaturehadendowedwithamostsweetdisposition.Hisfacewasthetrueindexofhismind.Hehadasolidjudgmentjoinedto
4、themostunaffectedsimplicity;andhence,Ipresume,hehadhisnameofCandide.TheoldservantsofthehousesuspectedhimtohavebeenthesonoftheBaron'ssister,byaverygoodsortofagentlemanoftheneighborhood,whomthatyoungladyrefusedtomarry,becausehecouldproducenomorethanthreescoreandelevenquarteringsi
5、nhisarms;therestofthegenealogicaltreebelongingtothefamilyhavingbeenlostthroughtheinjuriesoftime.TheBaronwasoneofthemostpowerfullordsinWestphalia,forhiscastlehadnotonlyagate,butevenwindows,andhisgreathallwashungwithtapestry.Heusedtohuntwithhismastiffsandspanielsinsteadofgreyhoun
6、ds;hisgroomservedhimforhuntsman;andtheparsonoftheparishofficiatedashisgrandalmoner.Hewascalled"MyLord"byallhispeople,andhenevertoldastorybuteveryonelaughedatit.MyLadyBaroness,whoweighedthreehundredandfiftypounds,consequentlywasapersonofnosmallconsideration;andthenshedidthehonor
7、softhehousewithadignitythatcommandeduniversalrespect.Herdaughterwasaboutseventeenyearsofage,fresh-colored,comely,plump,anddesirable.TheBaron'ssonseemedtobeayouthineveryrespectworthyofthefatherhesprungfrom.Pangloss,thepreceptor,wastheoracleofthefamily,andlittleCandidelistenedtoh
8、isinstructionswithallthesimplicitynaturaltohisageanddi
