Chapters 11-12
The old woman reveals she is the daughter of Pope Urban X, recounts the siege of Azov, and the janissaries eating her buttock.
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From Candide by Voltaire
The one-buttocked old woman's life story, narrating rape, slavery, and cannibalism, presents a catalogue of human misery exceeding even Cunegonde's.
Chapter 12
Her reflection on the universal love of life despite suffering: 'a hundred times I wanted to kill myself, but still I loved life.'
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