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" Persian letters / "
Montesquieu ; translated by Margaret Mauldon ; with an introduction and notes by Andrew Kahn.
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BL
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1090911
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bc1010515
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English
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| Uniform Title
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Lettres persanes.English
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| Main Entry
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Montesquieu, Charles de Secondat,baron de,1689-1755.
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Persian letters /\ Montesquieu ; translated by Margaret Mauldon ; with an introduction and notes by Andrew Kahn.
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| Publication Statement
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Oxford ;New York :: Oxford University Press,, 2008.
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| Series Statement
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Oxford world's classics
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1 online resource (xlii, 270 pages)
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9780191539633
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: 0191539635
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: 1281515264
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: 9781281515261
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: 9786611515263
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: 6611515267
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: 9780191604881
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9780192806352
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0192806351
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Includes bibliographical references (pages xxxiv-xxxvii).
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| Contents
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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.
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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. - ;'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.
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Iranians-- France, Fiction.
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Travelers, Fiction.
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Iraniens-- France, Romans, nouvelles, etc.
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Voyageurs, Romans, nouvelles, etc.
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Iranians.
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Travelers.
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France, History, 18th century, Fiction.
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Paris (France), Social life and customs, 18th century, Fiction.
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France, Histoire, 18e siècle, Romans, nouvelles, etc.
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France.
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| Dewey Classification
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843/.5
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PQ2011.L5E57 2008eb
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Mauldon, Margaret.
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Kahn, Andrew.
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