Project Gutenberg 2016-12-16 Public domain in the USA. 92 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 Lehtonen, J. V. (Johannes Vihtori) 1883 1948 Lehtonen, Johannes Vihtori Lehtonen, Vihtori Lettres persanes. Finnish Persialaisia kirjeitä Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persian_Letters E-text prepared by Juhani Kärkkäinen and Tapio Riikonen "Persialaisia kirjeitä" by Montesquieu is a philosophical novel written in the early 18th century. The narrative unfolds through a series of letters exchanged between two Persian nobles, Usbek and Rica, as they travel to France and observe the customs of European society. This work examines themes of culture, politics, and human nature, offering critiques of both Eastern and Western societies. At the start of the narrative, Usbek writes to his friend Rustan about their journey from Persia to France, expressing a thirst for knowledge and wisdom beyond their homeland. The opening letters reveal Usbek's reflections on his life back home, including the complexities of his relationships with his wives, whom he has left under the watchful eye of a eunuch. Through these early exchanges, Montesquieu begins to explore the contrasts between the freedoms and constraints of different cultures, setting the stage for deeper philosophical inquiries into morality, governance, and societal norms as the story progresses. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 31.9 (College-level). Difficult to read. fi Epistolary fiction East and West -- Fiction Iranians -- Europe -- Fiction Europe -- Social life and customs -- 18th century -- Fiction PQ Text Category: Novels Category: French Literature Category: Philosophy & Ethics 747060 2025-08-21T11:28:10.222435 text/html 746901 746810 2024-09-22T09:54:43.639864 2023-09-23T08:17:46.843469 text/html text/html 348770 2025-08-21T11:28:20.189420 application/epub+zip 359620 2025-08-21T11:28:13.374492 application/epub+zip 351993 2025-08-21T11:28:12.138466 application/epub+zip 620874 2025-08-21T11:28:25.438366 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 586059 2025-08-21T11:28:19.292416 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 559627 2022-09-24T12:29:58.416235 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 683944 2025-08-21T11:28:09.705483 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 664118 2024-10-23T01:31:17 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18952 2025-08-21T11:28:25.613367 application/rdf+xml 13460 2025-08-21T11:28:12.647415 image/jpeg 3396 2025-08-21T11:28:12.390438 image/jpeg 345472 2025-08-21T11:28:10.281473 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 fi.wikipedia fr.wikipedia en.wikipedia