Lettres persanes, tome II by baron de Charles de Secondat Montesquieu
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"Lettres persanes, tome II" by baron de Charles de Secondat Montesquieu is an epistolary novel published in 1721. Two Persian travelers, Usbek and Rica, journey to Paris and exchange letters with friends back home during their nine-year stay abroad. Through a falsely naïve perspective, they observe and critique eighteenth-century French society, politics, and customs. Meanwhile, back in Persia, Usbek's harem descends into chaos and rebellion, leading to a tragic conclusion that arrives
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| Author | Montesquieu, Charles de Secondat, baron de, 1689-1755 |
|---|---|
| Annotator | Lefèvre, André, 1834-1904 |
| Title | Lettres persanes, tome II |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persian_Letters Wikipedia page about this book: fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lettres_persanes |
| Credits |
Produced by Laurent Vogel, Pierre Lacaze and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at gallica.bnf.fr) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 79.5 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | French |
| LoC Class | PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Subject | Epistolary fiction |
| Subject | East and West -- Fiction |
| Subject | Iranians -- Europe -- Fiction |
| Subject | Europe -- Social life and customs -- 18th century -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 33856 |
| Release Date | Oct 12, 2010 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 500 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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