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.