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Candide Complete Text
Candide e-text contains the full text of Candide by Voltaire.
Candide e-text contains the full text of Candide by Voltaire.
The Question and Answer section for Candide is a great resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss the novel.
Early in the novel, we learn that Pangloss suffers with syphilis.
The narrator is providing background information describing Candide, what might be his family history, and what his future might hold. From this short excerpt, we know that Candide's upbringing and his family tree does not guarantee his future.
"Which inference" means that you have been provided with answer choices for your question. Please include all information in your posts.