Persian Letters [Audiobook] download free by Montesquieu
- Listen audiobook: Persian Letters
- Author: Montesquieu
- Release date: 2008/2/5
- Publisher: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
- Language: English
- Genre or Collection: Travel and Holiday Guides
- ISBN: 9780192806352
- Rating: 8.08 of 10
- Votes: 395
- Review by: Keanu Shultz
- Review rating: 9.4 of 10
- Review Date: 2018/11/22
- Duration: 4H3M58S in 256 kbps (64 MB)
- Date of creation of the audiobook: 2018-07-22
- You can listen to this audiobook in formats: WAV, WMA, AIFF, MP3, OGG, MPEG4, FLAC (compression RAR, ZIP, ARC, RPM, ALZ, JAR)
- Total pages original book: 320
- Includes a PDF summary of 25 pages
- Duration of the summary (audio): 19M12S (5 MB)
- Description or summary of the audiobook: 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 report on visits to the theatre and scientific societies, and observe the manners and flirtations of polite society, the structures of power and the hypocrisy of religion. Irony and bitter satire mark their comparison of East and West and their quest for understanding. Unsettling news from Persia concerningthe female world of the harem intrudes on their new identities and provides a suspenseful plot of erotic jealousy and passion.This pioneering epistolary novel and work of travel-writing opened the world of the West to its oriental visitors and the Orient to its Western readers. This is the first English translation based on the original text, revealing this lively work as Montesquieu first intended. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.
- Other categories, genre or collection: Classic Travel Writing, Literary Studies: Fiction, Novelists & Prose Writers, Literary Studies: General, Classic Books & Novels, Literary Studies: C 1500 To C 1800
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- Format: Paperback
- Approximate value: 11.92 USD
- Dimensions: 129x196x21mm
- Weight: 257g
- Printed by: Not Available
- Published in: Oxford, United Kingdom
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