Montesquieu, Charles de Secondat, baron de 1689-1755 creator Lefèvre, André 1834-1904 text utu 2009 monographic fr 1 online resource : multiple file formats "Lettres persanes, tome I" by baron de Charles de Secondat Montesquieu is an epistolary novel published in 1721. Two Persian travelers, Usbek and Rica, journey to Paris and exchange letters with friends back home during their nine-year stay abroad. Through their seemingly naive observations, they critique eighteenth-century French society and politics. Meanwhile, Usbek's harem in Ispahan descends into chaos as rebellion brews among his wives and eunuchs, leading to a dramatic and tragic conclusion. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persian_Letters Wikipedia page about this book: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lettres_persanes Release date is 2009-10-16 Produced by Laurent Vogel, Pierre Lacaze and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at http://gallica.bnf.fr) Original publication data not identified Epistolary fiction Montesquieu, Charles de Secondat, baron de, 1689-1755 East and West -- Fiction Iranians -- Europe -- Fiction Europe -- Social life and customs -- 18th century -- Fiction PQ Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/30268 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/30268 UtSlPG 260607 20260610133706.0 30268