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CANDIDE
 by Voltaire

Characters By Chapter
EDITOR:
Kristian Fabricante
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CH FIRST NAME LAST NAME DESCRIPTION
1Baron of Thunder-ten-tronckhOne of the most powerful lords in Westphalia.
 Candide  Protagonist.
 Cunegonde  The Baron's daughter.
 Preceptor PanglossOracle of the family. A professor of metaphysico-theologico-cosmolo-nigology. AKA: Master Pangloss.
2King of the BulgariansThe best of Kings.
 Dioscorides  Taught surgery by means of Emollients.
 King of the AbaresWas in battle with the King of the Bulgarians.
3James  A good antibaptist.
4Paquette  The pretty wench who waited on the baroness.
 Christopher ColumbusItalian explorer.
5Familiar of the InquisitionA man dressed in black.
6Biscayner  Burnt to death.
7Old WomanThe woman who took care of Candide.
 Lady of AtochaMother of God.
 St. Anthony of PaduaA Portuguese Catholic priest.
 St. James of CompostelaPatron Saint of Spain.
8Don IssacharThe court banker.
 Lord InquisitorThe grand inquisitor.
 Biscayner  Married his godmother.
10 GreyFriar Reverend.
11 PopeUrban X The Old Woman's father.
 Princess of PalestrinaThe Old Woman's mother.
 Prince of Massa CararaThe one The Old Woman was affianced with.
 Knights of MaltaReligious beings.
12 TheAga A very gallant man.
 Robek  A German professor.
13 Don FernandoD'Ibaraa The governor.
14 Cacambo  The valet Candide brought with him.
 St. Ignacious  A Spanish basque Catholic priest.
15 FatherDidirie Reverend.
 Father GeneralReverend.
18 OldMan Retired from court. The most learned and communicative person in the kingdom.
 Master of the Horse to the KingThe Old Man's father.
 Sir Walter RaleighAn Englishman.
 His MajestyThe King.
19 MynheerVanderdendur The famous merchant. The negro's master.
20 Martin  The old philosopher.
22 Abbe ofPerigord One of the busybodies.
 Queen ElizabethQueen of England.
 Miss MonimeDeceased.
 Miss ClaironThe Marchioness of Parolignac.
 Sieur GauchatDoctor of Divinity.
24 FriarGiroflee The one Candide came across in St. Mark's piazza. AKA: Theatin Frier.
 Senator PococuranteA noble Venetian. Entertains foreigners in the politest manner. AKA: Lord Pococurante.
25 Virgil  Created of the Aenid.
 Helen  The cause of the war.
 Aenas  A voyager.
 Cloanthus  Aenas's companion.
 Achates  Aeneas's friend.
 Ascanius  Aeneas's son.
 Latinus  King of the Latins.
 Amata  Latinus's wife. AKA: Palanto.
 Lavinia  Latinus and Amata's daughter.
 Tasso  Italian poet.
 Ariosto  Italian poet.
 Horace  The leading Roman lyric poet.
 Rapilius  Roman statesman.
 Maecenas  An Augustan poet.
 Cicero  A Roman statesman.
 Rabirius  An ancient Roman architect.
 Cluentius  A Roman general.
 Moses  Hebrew prophet.
 Lucifer  The devil.
26 Achmet III  Formerly the Grand Sultan.
 Sultan MahmoudAchmet's nephew.
 Ivan  Once an Emperor of all Russias.
 Charles EdwardKing of England.
 King of PolandThe fourth monarch.
 King of Poland (2)The fifth monarch.
 Theodore  The elected King of Corsica.
27 Ragotsky  An ancient sovereign.
30 Dervish  The best philosopher in all of Turkey.
 Eglon  King of Moab. Deceased.
 Ehud  The one who assassinated Eglon.
 Absalom  Was hung by his hair.
 King NadabJeroboam's son. Deceased.
 Jeroboam  King Nadab's father.
 Basaa  Killed King Nadab.
 King ElaDeceased.
 Zimri  Killed King Ela.
 Ahaziah  Deceased.
 Jehu  Killed Ahaziah.
 Athaliah  Deceased.
 Jehoiada  Killed Athaliah.
 Jehoiakim  King. Led into captivity.
 Jeconiah  King. Led into captivity.
 Zedekiah  King. Led into captivity.
 
 
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