Candide grows up in the castle of his uncle, a German baron, along with his optimistic scholar, Pangloss, and his young, beautiful cousin, Cunégonde. When Candide falls in love with Cunégonde and his uncle sees them kissing, Candide is thrown out of his home and enrolls in the Bulgar army. After being beaten for wandering from camp, Candide flees to Holland and runs into an ugly beggar, who he is told to be Pangloss. He tells Candide that Cunégonde and her family have been murdered by the Bulgar army. A kind Anabaptist named Jacques to travel to Lisbon, but a storm destroys the ship, and Jacques drowns. Once Candide and Pangloss arrive in Lisbon, they see it destroyed by an earthquake and under the control of the Inquisition. Pangloss is hanged, and Candide is beaten. An old woman helps Candide with his wounds, and then takes Candide to Cunégonde. She tells Candide that she is a sex slave owned by Don Isaachar and the Grand Inquisitor of Lisbon. Both owners arrive while Candide......
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