Montesquieu, Charles de Secondat, baron de 1689-1755 creator Lefèvre, André 1834-1904 text utu 2010 monographic fr 1 online resource : multiple file formats "Lettres persanes, tome II" 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 a falsely naïve perspective, they observe and critique eighteenth-century French society, politics, and customs. Meanwhile, back in Persia, Usbek's harem descends into chaos and rebellion, leading to a tragic conclusion that arrives too late for intervention. (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 2010-10-12 Produced by Laurent Vogel, Pierre Lacaze and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://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 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/33856 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/33856 UtSlPG 260607 20260610133754.0 33856