Title Persian letters / Montesquieu ; translated by Margaret Mauldon ; with an introduction and notes by Andrew Kahn.

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Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.

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Description	1 online resource (xlii, 270 pages).
Series	Oxford world's classics
	Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press)
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages xxxiv-xxxvii).
Language	Translated from the French.
Note	Print version record.
Contents	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.
Summary	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.
Subject	Iranians -- France -- Fiction.
	Travelers -- Fiction.
	France -- History -- 18th century -- Fiction.
	Epistolary fiction.
	Iranians. (OCoLC)fst00978818
	Travelers. (OCoLC)fst01155691
	France. (OCoLC)fst01204289
Chronological Term	1700 - 1799
Genre/Form	Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
	Electronic books.
	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
	Epistolary fiction.
Added Author	Mauldon, Margaret.
	Kahn, Andrew.
Added Title	Lettres persanes. English
Other Form:	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
ISBN	9780191539633 (electronic bk.)
	0191539635 (electronic bk.)

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