Persian Letters - Charles-Louis de Secondat baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu
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This richly evocative novel-in-letters tells the story of two Persian noblemen who have left their country—the modern Iran—to journey to Europe in search in wisdom. As they travel, they write home to wives and eunuchs in the harem and to friends in France and elsewhere. Their colorful observations on the culture differences between West and East conjure up Eastern sensuality, repression, and cruelty in contrast to the freer, more civilized West—but here also unworthy nobles and bishops, frivolous women in f...
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1973 Uitgever: Penguin Classics 352 paginas Taal: Engels ISBN-10: 0140442812 ISBN-13: 9780140442816Koop dit boek tweedehands
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