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The Persian Letters (Hackett Publishing Co.) by Charles de Secondat, baron de Montesquieu, George R. Healy, Baron de La Brede et de Montesquieu, George Healy, Montesquieu, Baron de La Brede et de, Healy, George is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
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"This translation of Montesquieu's unsurpassed epistolary novel, the first to appear in over thirty years, is completely new and aims at being as literal as possible, including pulling no punches with the erotic elements. This means, among other things, that the translators have attempted to render the same word throughout the work as consistently as good sense allows. This places readers in a position to see the various ways in which Montesquieu associates one character with another. Also, by allowing Montesquieu to speak for himself, readers will be able to see more clearly than in any other translation both the seriousness and playfulness of Montesquieu's intention. Nevertheless, due attention has been paid to the beauty of the literary character of the work. This will be the standard translation for years to come. Persian Letters journeys across the unending landscape of things human, providing readers the opportunity to think through an astonishing number of themes - mastery and slavery, jealousy, philosophy and tyranny, self-deception, commerce, nature and convention, the best life for a human being, vanity, glory, and human sexuality. Given its fascination with the relations
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Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Charles de Secondat, baron de Montesquieu, George R. Healy, Baron de La Brede et de Montesquieu, George Healy, Montesquieu, Baron de La Brede et de, Healy, George
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Company, Incorporated
- Published
- 1999
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780872204904
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Romance, Poetry
- Rating
- 3.5 / 5 (4 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-24
Other editions & translations
- Lettres persanes (1995)
- Lettres persanes (Littérature et civilisation) (2014)
- Persian Letters (2010)
- Persian Letters (Oxford World's Classics) (2008)
- Lettres Persanes (2020)
- Persian Letters (Penguin Classics) (2009)
- Persian Letters (Penguin Classics) (2004)
- Persian Letters (Penguin Classics) (1993)
- Lettres persanes (Littérature et civilisation) (2011)
- Persian Letters (Oxford World's Classics) (2009)
- Persian Letters (2003)
- The Persian Letters (1973)
- The Persian letters (1961)
- Lettres persanes (GF) (2011)
