Persian letters /:
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 o...
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| Zusammenfassung: | 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. - ;'Oh! Monsieur is Persian? That's most extraordinary! How can someone be Persian?'. Two Persian travellers, Usbek and Rica, arrive in Paris just before the death of Louis XIV and in time to witness the hedonism and financial crash of the Regency. In their letters home they rep. |
| Beschreibung: | 1 online resource (xlii, 270 pages) |
| Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references (pages xxxiv-xxxvii). |
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| spelling | Montesquieu, Charles de Secondat, baron de, 1689-1755. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJrchWVYTGFF9cMPG9HBfq http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79063793 Lettres persanes. English Persian letters / Montesquieu ; translated by Margaret Mauldon ; with an introduction and notes by Andrew Kahn. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008. 1 online resource (xlii, 270 pages) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Oxford world's classics Includes bibliographical references (pages xxxiv-xxxvii). Translated from the French. Print version record. Contents; Introduction; Note on the Text; Select Bibliography; Note on the Chronology of the Persian Letters; A Chronology of Montesquieu; List of Characters; PERSIAN LETTERS; Appendix: Extracts from Montesquieu's Sources; Explanatory Notes; Concordance of Letter Numbers. 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. - ;'Oh! Monsieur is Persian? That's most extraordinary! How can someone be Persian?'. Two Persian travellers, Usbek and Rica, arrive in Paris just before the death of Louis XIV and in time to witness the hedonism and financial crash of the Regency. In their letters home they rep. Iranians France Fiction. Travelers Fiction. France History 18th century Fiction. Paris (France) Social life and customs 18th century Fiction. Iraniens France Romans, nouvelles, etc. Voyageurs Romans, nouvelles, etc. France Histoire 18e siècle Romans, nouvelles, etc. Iranians fast Travelers fast France fast https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJd8gD4vdtqQMdQHvYqbBP 1700-1799 fast Fiction fast History fast Epistolary fiction. gsafd Mauldon, Margaret. Kahn, Andrew. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n96006073 Print version: Montesquieu, Charles de Secondat, baron de, 1689-1755. Lettres persanes. English. Persian letters. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008 9780192806352 0192806351 (DLC) 2007039894 (OCoLC)173480653 Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n97075954 FWS01 ZDB-4-EBA FWS_PDA_EBA https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=257842 Volltext |
| spellingShingle | Montesquieu, Charles de Secondat, baron de, 1689-1755 Persian letters / Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press) Contents; Introduction; Note on the Text; Select Bibliography; Note on the Chronology of the Persian Letters; A Chronology of Montesquieu; List of Characters; PERSIAN LETTERS; Appendix: Extracts from Montesquieu's Sources; Explanatory Notes; Concordance of Letter Numbers. Iranians France Fiction. Travelers Fiction. Iraniens France Romans, nouvelles, etc. Voyageurs Romans, nouvelles, etc. Iranians fast Travelers fast |
| title | Persian letters / |
| title_alt | Lettres persanes. |
| title_auth | Persian letters / |
| title_exact_search | Persian letters / |
| title_full | Persian letters / Montesquieu ; translated by Margaret Mauldon ; with an introduction and notes by Andrew Kahn. |
| title_fullStr | Persian letters / Montesquieu ; translated by Margaret Mauldon ; with an introduction and notes by Andrew Kahn. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Persian letters / Montesquieu ; translated by Margaret Mauldon ; with an introduction and notes by Andrew Kahn. |
| title_short | Persian letters / |
| title_sort | persian letters |
| topic | Iranians France Fiction. Travelers Fiction. Iraniens France Romans, nouvelles, etc. Voyageurs Romans, nouvelles, etc. Iranians fast Travelers fast |
| topic_facet | Iranians France Fiction. Travelers Fiction. France History 18th century Fiction. Paris (France) Social life and customs 18th century Fiction. Iraniens France Romans, nouvelles, etc. Voyageurs Romans, nouvelles, etc. France Histoire 18e siècle Romans, nouvelles, etc. Iranians Travelers France Fiction History Epistolary fiction. |
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