Letters on England
by:
Voltaire (author)
Leonard Tancock (author)
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...
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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
ISBN:
9780140443868 (014044386X)
Publish date: 2005
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Pages no: 162
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Non Fiction,
Writing,
Essays,
History,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Cultural,
Science,
Politics,
Philosophy,
France,
French Literature
IntroductionLetters on England--Letter 1: On the Quakers--Letter 2: On the Quakers--Letter 3: On the Quakers--Letter 4: On the Quakers--Letter 5: On the Anglican Religion--Letter 6: On the Presbyterians--Letter 7: On the Socinians, Arians or Anti-Trinitarians--Letter 8: On Parliament--Letter 9: On t...