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Primary Sources, Historical Collections: Persian Letters, With a Foreword by T. S. Wentworth

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Charles de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu

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Two Persian travellers arrive in Paris and report on the European society of the Enlightenment in their letters home. With biting satire they compare East and West, while unsettling news from the harem provides a suspenseful plot of jealousy and passion. This is the first English translation based on the original text.

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Title: Primary Sources, Historical Collections: Persian Letters, With a Foreword by T. S. Wentworth
Language: English
Authors: Charles de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu
Publisher: Creative Media Partners, LLC
Released: 2023
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 374
ISBN13: 9781020950674
Tags: Fiction, History, Philosophy, Classics, France, French Fiction, 18th century, Satire, Social Critique, Enlightenment, Novels in Letters, Epistolary Novels
First published: 1721
Original title: Lettres persanes
Rating: 3.75 out of 5
Description: Two Persian travellers arrive in Paris and report on the European society of the Enlightenment in their letters home. With biting satire they compare East and West, while unsettling news from the harem provides a suspenseful plot of jealousy and passion. This is the first English translation based on the original text.