Cunégonde - Cunégonde

Japanese: キュネゴンド - きゅねごんど
Cunégonde - Cunégonde

...The protagonist, Candide, is an innocent young man (Candide in French) who is taught by his teacher, Dr. Pangloss, at his uncle's baron's mansion in Westphalia that "everything is in the best possible state," and therefore the status quo is correct, and who does not doubt this. After falling in love with his cousin, Princess Cunégonde, he is driven out of the mansion and encounters war, illness, disaster, earthquakes, religious trials, torture, and violence in various places. On the way, he meets Pangloss, who tells him that his uncle's mansion was also reduced to ashes by fire in war. ...

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Cunégonde" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…主人公カンディドはウェストファリアの叔父男爵の館で,師パングロス博士の〈すべては最善の状態にあり〉,したがって現状は正しいとする教えを受け,それを信じて疑わない純真な(フランス語で〈カンディド〉)青年である。いとこキュネゴンド姫を恋して館を追われた彼が各地で遭遇するのは,戦争,病苦,遭難,大地震,宗教裁判,拷問,暴行である。途中出会ったパングロスから叔父の館も兵火で灰に帰したのを知る。…

※「キュネゴンド」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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