Project Gutenberg 2010-10-12 Public domain in the USA. 458 Montesquieu, Charles de Secondat, baron de 1689 1755 Montesquieu, Charles Louis de Secondat, baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu, Charles Louis de Secondat, baron de La Brede et de Lefèvre, André 1834 1904 Lefevre, Andre Lettres persanes, tome II Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persian_Letters Wikipedia page about this book: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lettres_persanes 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) "Lettres Persanes, tome II" by Montesquieu is a philosophical novel written in the early 18th century. This work is a satirical correspondence that examines social, political, and cultural issues through the eyes of its main characters, Usbek and Rica, who are Persian travelers observing and commenting on French society. The letters underscore themes of freedom, honor, and the differences between Eastern and Western cultures. At the start of the book, we find Usbek, stationed in Paris, reflecting on the societal norms and political landscape of France as compared to that of Persia. He comments on the nature of freedom and equality in Paris, where social status is less defined by noble birth and more by one’s abilities and attributes, contrasting it with the rigid hierarchy of Persia. Usbek expresses his admiration for the freedom associated with glory in France and discusses the dynamics of power, honor, and societal expectations, setting the stage for a deeper exploration of cultural critique throughout the letters that follow. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 79.5 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. fr Epistolary fiction East and West -- Fiction Iranians -- Europe -- Fiction Europe -- Social life and customs -- 18th century -- Fiction PQ Text Banned Books from Anne Haight's list Category: Novels Category: Classics of Literature Category: French Literature 453992 2025-08-14T03:47:32.241179 text/html 448114 2010-10-12T19:28:24 text/html 238663 2025-08-14T03:47:42.790071 application/epub+zip 246310 2025-08-14T03:47:35.658115 application/epub+zip 233418 2025-08-14T03:47:34.206113 application/epub+zip 511300 2025-08-14T03:47:47.999067 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 460767 2025-08-14T03:47:41.659111 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 419477 2022-09-15T12:12:50.955913 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 398369 2025-08-14T03:47:30.662149 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 389288 2010-10-12T19:28:20 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20669 2025-08-14T03:47:48.154041 application/rdf+xml 13676 2025-08-14T03:47:34.790109 image/jpeg 3750 2025-08-14T03:47:34.528101 image/jpeg 146743 2010-10-12T19:28:24 application/octet-stream application/zip 155316 2010-10-12T19:28:24 application/octet-stream application/zip 229370 2025-08-14T03:47:32.277125 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog fr.wikipedia en.wikipedia