Letters on England (Penguin Classics)

Letters on England (Penguin Classics)

by Leonard Tancock (Translator), Francois Voltaire (Author), Francois Voltaire (Author)

Synopsis

Also known as the Lettres anglaises ou philosophiques, Voltaire's response to his exile in England offered the French public of 1734 a panoramic view of British culture. Perceiving them as a veiled attack against the ancien regime, however, the French government ordered the letters burned and Voltaire persecuted.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 160
Edition: Reprint
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Published: 03 Jan 2000

ISBN 10: 014044386X
ISBN 13: 9780140443868

Author Bio
Voltaire (1694-1778) French writer, satirist, the embodiment of the 18th-century Enlightenment. Among his best-known works is the satirical short story CANDIDE (1759).