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Persian letters

Montesquieu, MargaretKahn, Andrew(Edited by)Mauldon, Margaret(Translated by)
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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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Oxford University Press
0191539635 / 9780191539633
eBook (Adobe Pdf)
843.5
17/04/2008
England
English
269 pages
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