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Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Want to Read saving…. Want to Read Currently Persian Letters Read. Other editions. Enlarge cover. Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Open Preview Persian Letters a Problem? Details if other :. Thanks for telling us about the problem. Return to Book Page. Preview — Persian Letters by Montesquieu. Persian Letters by Montesquieu. Betts Introduction. 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 of wisdom. As they travel, they write home to wives and eunuchs in the harem and to friends in France and elsewhere. Their colourful observations on the culture differences Persian Letters West and East culture conjure up Eas 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 of wisdom. Their colourful observations on the culture differences between West and East culture conjure up Eastern sensuality, repression and cruelty in contrast to the freer, more Persian Letters West Persian Letters but here also unworthy nobles and bishops, frivolous women of fashion and conceited people of all Persian Letters are satirized. Storytellers as well as letter-writers, Montesquieu's Usbek and Rica are disrespectful and witty, but also serious moralists. Get A Copy. PaperbackPenguin Classicspages. Published January 25th by Penguin Books first published More Details Original Title. Paris France Iran. Other Editions Friend Reviews. To see Persian Letters your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about Persian Lettersplease sign up. Lists with This Book. Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 3. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. Start your review of Persian Letters. Jul 20, Ahmad Sharabiani rated it really liked it Shelves: 18th- centuryclassics Persian Letters, literature. In Usbek leaves his seraglio Persian Letters Isfahan to take the long journey to France, accompanied by his young friend Rica. During the trip and their long stay in Paris —they comment, in letters exchanged with friends and mullahs, on numerous aspects of Western, Christian society, particularly French politics and Moors, ending with a biting satire of the System of John Law. Over time, various disorders surface back in the seraglio, and, beginning in Letterthe situation there rapidly unravels. Usbek orders his head eunuch to crack down, but his message does not arrive in Persian Letters, and a revolt brings about the death Persian Letters his wives, including the vengeful suicide of his favorite, Roxane, and, it appears, most of the eunuchs. How to sell a book years old to a modern reader? What is Persian Letters appeal today of the epistolary musings of a couple of Oriental travellers having a first contact with Persian Letters civilization at the end of King Louis the 14th? Here are some points that I hope will tickle your interest: 1 - The Persian Letters were not written as history, but as a contemporary satire of Persian Letters civilization, using ridicule and common sense to expose Persian Letters more unsavoury mentalities and practices of fellow countrymen. Thi How to Persian Letters a book years old to a modern reader? One answer would be to Persian Letters back to early Persian Letters century, pick up Charles-Louis de Secondat, baron de La Brede et de Montesquieu, and bring him back to to do a tour of Persian Letters talk shows. I'm sure he Persian Letters be quite at ease and dazzling in his commentaries. According to political scientist Donald Lutz, Montesquieu was the most frequently quoted authority on government and politics in colonial pre-revolutionary British Persian Letters, cited more by the American founders than any source except for the Bible. So, if you are not ready to tackle his magnum opus De l'esprit des loisyou Persian Letters check this lighter material first, one that incorporates the basic tenets of his philosophy in a more entertaining format. Here's a quote that might feel familiar: All the people of Europe are not equally subject to their princes: Persian Letters instance, the impatient humour of the English seldom give their king time to make his power heavy. Passive obedience and non-resistance are no virtues in their esteem. They say upon this head very extraordinary things. According to them, there is but one tie that can bind men, which is that of gratitude: a husband, a wife, a father and son, are not bound to each other, but either by the love they bear to one another, or by mutual services: and these different motives of acknowledgment are the origin of every kingdom, and of all societies. But if a prince, very far from making his Persian Letters live happy, endeavours to oppress and ruin them, the foundation of obedience ceases; nothing ties them, nothing attaches them to him, and they return to their natural liberty. Letter CIV 3. At the time of its publication, Persian Letters Persian Letters had a success comparable to Twilight and Harry Potter, spawning countless imitations. While it is not technically the first novel to be written entirely in epistolary form, it was the one that made the biggest Persian Letters. Some of the Persian Letters may have been in the piquant details about life in a harem quite tame by modern standards or in trying to Persian Letters the local celebrities Persian Letters in the text. But I believe the major selling point was the outsider view, Persian Letters contact of two civilizations that have evolved on parallel tracks : Persian and French. Given that today we see a lot of willful misunderstandings and distortions about the Muslim versus the Christian heritage, a lecture of the attitudes Persian Letters by both the Frenchmen and the Orientals might show we were more tolerant three Persian Letters ago. Montesquieu is one of the founding members of the Enlightenment movement, a firm believer in progress, education, science, diversity, justice and the basic decency of humans in their Persian Letters state. The parable of the Persian Letters in one of the first letters illustrate this point of the difference between a society built solely on greed and one built on respect, fairness, moral rectitude, hard work. While Montesquieu doesn't take a clear stance on women liberation and the injustice of locking them in gilded cages, reading between the lines of the letters dealing directly with Uzbek and his five wifes, and considering the final outcome of trying to impose authority from a distance, using brute force, he could still be considered one of the first authors to speak up against genre discrimination. Before I get to the numerous quotes I selected from the text, I should Persian Letters a few words about why I didn't give the book the maximum rating, and why it may not work for anyone. The language, especially in the first 20 or 30 letters is archaic, chockfull of thee, thy, art, mayest, sayest, etc. I got used to it eventually and stopped noticing the dusty style about a third of the way in. And for readers who expect a plot, characterization, action: this is not it. Excluding the harem pieces, most of the book is in essays and satirical pieces. First quote is about curiosity and a thirst for knowledge: They who love to inform themselves, are never idle. Though I have no business of Persian Letters to take care of, I am nevertheless Persian Letters employed. I spend my Persian Letters in examining things: I write down in the evening whatever I have remarked, what I have seen, and what I have heard in Persian Letters day: every thing engages my attention, and every thing excites my wonder: I am like an infant, whose organs, as yet tender, are strongly affected by the slightest objects. Letter XLVIII Next, one about the Persian Letters attitude: With regard to those who take pride in their ignorance, they would willingly have all Persian Letters buried in that oblivion to which they are themselves consigned. When a man is destitute of any particular talent, he indemnifies himself, by expressing his contempt for it; Letter CXLV A plea for religious pluralism: I know not, Mirza, but it may be good for a state, that there should Persian Letters several religions in it. It is observable, that the members of the tolerated religions commonly make themselves more useful to their country, than those of the established religion; because, being excluded from all honours, they can only render Persian Letters considerable by their opulence; they are led to acquire it by their industry, and to embrace the most toilsome employments in the society. Besides, as all religions contain precepts useful to society, it is good that they should be observed with zeal. Letter LXXXV Once more, for religious tolerance: I acknowledge that history is full of religious Persian Letters but we must take care to observe, it was not the multiplicity of religions that produced these wars, it was the intolerating spirit Persian Letters animated that which thought she had the power of governing. It was the spirit of proselytism, which the Jews contracted from the Egyptians, and which from them hath passed, Persian Letters an epidemic and popular disease, to Mahometans and Christians. It is, Persian Letters short, the spirit of enthusiasm, the progress of which can be considered Persian Letters as a total eclipse of human reason. Letter LXXXV One quote that prefigurates the principles that lead to the United Nations: It seems, Rhedi, there are two kinds of justice entirely different, one which regulates the affairs of private persons, which reigns in the civil law; another which regulates the differences that arise between people and people, which tyrannizes in the law of Persian Letters as if the law of nations was not a civil law, not indeed of a particular country, but of the world. In this second distribution of justice, no other maxims ought to be employed but those in the first. Letter XCV Persian Letters to put down a bigot : Persian Letters two persons who were present denied him any of his principles, he presently cried out it is certain, we have so determined it, and we are infallible judges. And how came you, said I to him then, to be infallible judges? Do not you perceive, replied he, Persian Letters the holy spirit hath enlightened us? That is happy, returned I; for from the manner Persian Letters your talking to-day I perceive you have great need to be enlightened. Letter CI On the legality of war: There are but two kinds of just wars: one which is waged to repulse the attack of an enemy, the Persian Letters to succour an ally who is attacked. It would not Persian Letters justice to enter into a war Persian Letters the private quarrel of a prince; unless the case was so heinous as to merit the death of the prince or the people who committed it. Thus, a prince Persian Letters not engage in a war because he hath been refused an honour which was his right, or for any unsuitable demeanor towards his ambassadors, and such similar cases; no more than Persian Letters private person ought to kill him who refuses him precedency. The reason is this, Persian Letters a declaration of war ought to be an act of justice, wherein the punishment should always be in proportion to the fault, it should be inquired whether the party against whom war is declared merits death. Persian Letters to make war against any person, is to be willing to punish him with death. In the law of nations the severest act of justice is war, since the effect of Persian Letters is the destruction of society. Letter XCV This is uncannily accurate about the progress of weapons of mass destruction: Thou talkest much to me in one of thy letters, of the arts and sciences cultivated in the west. Thou wilt be ready to regard me as a barbarian: but Persian Letters know not if the benefit Persian Letters from them hath made amends to mankind, for the bad use to which they are daily applied. I have heard say, that the single invention of bombs, hath destroyed the liberty of all the people of Europe. The princes being no longer willing to intrust the guard of towns to the citizens, who would surrender them at the first bomb, made that a pretext for keeping a large body of regular troops, with which they afterwards oppressed their subjects. Thou knowest, that since the invention of gun-powder, there is no place impregnable; that is to say, Usbek, that there is not any longer an assylum upon earth against injustice and violence. I always tremble, lest they should arrive at last Persian Letters the discovery of some secret which may furnish them with a shorter way to destroy mankind, and to depopulate whole nations and whole kingdoms. Letter CV In a lighter mood, but again accurate regarding the fashion slaves: The caprices of fashion among the French are astonishing; they have forgot how they were dressed in the Persian Letters they are even more ignorant how they shall dress this winter: but, above all, it is not to be believed how much it costs a husband to put his wife in the fashion. What should I get by giving thee a full account of their dress Persian Letters ornaments? Persian Letters Symbols & Motifs | SuperSummary

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The book features an engaging and comprehensive introductory essay, covering a wide range of topics, including the novel's Persian Letters techniques and innovations; travel literature as a genre; historical context and Enlightenment ideas; Orientalism; and other issues. The editor has included full explanatory notes, a useful list of characters, Persian Letters an invaluable appendix featuring excerpts from Montesquieu's most important sources. About the Series: For over years Oxford World's Classics has made available the broadest spectrum of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, voluminous notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more. The eunuch's office-service and command; orders concerning the wives 41 1 3 Zashi to Usbek. Memories of winning a contest of beauty against the other wives; reproaches for Usbek's departure 42 2 4 Zephis to Usbek. Protests against being deprived of the slave-girl Zelid 44 1 5 Rustan to Usbek. Disapproval in Ispahan of Usbek's departure 45 1 6 Usbek to Nessir. Persian Letters at leaving his country and his wives; jealous fears for the future 45 1 7 Fatme to Usbek. Dreams about Usbek; women's desires and the advantage men take of them 46 2 8 Usbek to Rustan. Reasons for his departure: dangers at court for a man of virtue 48 1 9 The first Eunuch to Ibbi. His castration; tactics of both sides in the conflict between eunuchs and wives 49 3 Letter 10 Mirza to Usbek. Does virtue lead to happiness? His answer: the parable of the Troglodytes, whose complete selfishness led to disaster 53 3 12 Usbek to the same. The Troglodytes: a second more virtuous generation prospers 56 2 13 Usbek to the same. The Troglodytes: examples of unselfish Persian Letters defeat of the invaders 58 2 14 Usbek to the same. His affection for Jahrum; Persian Letters he looked after him in boyhood 61 1 16 Usbek to Mohammed Ali. Admiration of the mullah's wisdom and request Persian Letters his protection 62 1 17 Usbek to Persian Letters same. Why is pork impure? His answer: a legend about the animals in the Persian Letters 64 2 19 Usbek to Rustan. Turkey: economic and military backwardness 66 Persian Letters 20 Persian Letters to Zashi. Reproaches for being found alone with a eunuch 67 2 21 Usbek to the First White Eunuch. Threats of punishment if he is not more careful 69 1 22 Jahrum to the First Persian Letters. Usbek's decision to send Jahrum back to Ispahan 70 1 23 Usbek to Ibben. First reactions Persian Letters a European town 71 1 24 Rica to Ibben. Surprising aspects of French life; the King's power Persian Letters his subjects, and the Pope's over him; his invisible enemies 72 2 Letter 25 Usbek to Persian Letters. Her chastity and her love Persian Letters Usbek compared to the immodesty of French women 75 3 27 Usbek to Nessir. Curious sights at the Persian Letters a letter from an actress at the Opera 79 2 29 Rica to Ibben. The Pope, bishops, heresy, and the Inquisition 81 2 30 Rica to the same. The interest taken in him by the Parisians until he changes his costume 83 1 31 Rhedi to Usbek. The Fifteen-Score 84 1 33 Persian Letters to Rhedi. Physical and rational remedies for despondency 85 1 34 Usbek to Ibben. The gaiety of the French in comparison with Persians; the influence Persian Letters eunuchs in this respect 86 2 35 Usbek Persian Letters Jemshid. Request for his views on the Christians; similarities between Christianity and Islam 88 1 36 Usbek to Rhedi. Coffee-houses and the disputes which go on in them; other habitual controversialists 89 Persian Letters 37 Usbek to Ibben. Eastern and Western attitudes to women; a philosopher's feminist arguments 92 2 Letter 39 Hadji Ibbi to ben Joshua. Legends of the birth of Mohammed 94 1 40 Usbek to Ibben. Suggestion that a slave should be castrated 96 1 42 Pharan to Usbek. Plea to be spared castration 97 1 43 Usbek to Pharan. Pharan's plea granted 98 1 44 Usbek to Rhedi. Examples of social conceit, in France and elsewhere 98 Persian Letters 45 Rica to Usbek. An alchemist Persian Letters his fortune 99 2 46 Usbek to Rhedi. How to please God independently of sectarian disputes 1 47 Zashi to Usbek. An adventurous expedition 2 48 Usbek to Rhedi. In a country house: a tax-farmer, a society confessor, a poet, an Persian Letters soldier and a Persian Letters 5 49 Rica to Usbek. Praise of modesty; a conceited talker 1 51 Nargum to Usbek. Persian Letters, its king, and some strange customs concerning women; letter from a Russian wife 2 52 Rica to Usbek. The vanity of four women, Persian Letters twenty to eighty 2 53 Zelis to Usbek. Plans for a marriage between a eunuch and a slave-girl 1 54 Rica to Usbek. Two would-be wits discuss their tactics 2 55 Rica to Ibben. European customs concerning Persian Letters and marriage 1 56 Usbek to Ibben. Gambling and its popularity with French women 1 57 Usbek to Rhedi. Monks and their vows; conversation with a casuist 2 58 Rica to Rhedi. Ingenious ways of making a living in Paris 1 59 Rica to Usbek. Self-interested nostalgia; the relativity of human judgements 2 60 Usbek to Ibben. Judaism and other religions; the decline of intolerance in Europe 1 61 Usbek to Rhedi. A clergyman on the difficulties of relationships with the laity 2 62 Zelis Persian Letters Usbek. The upbringing of her daughter; factors involved in women's subordination to men; her private pleasures 1 63 Rica to Usbek. Indiscipline in the seraglio; Persian Letters to follow the methods of the eunuch's first teacher 3 65 Usbek to his wives. Intellectual pretensions in France; foolish writers; attack on anthologists 1 67 Persian Letters to Usbek. The judge who sold his books 1 69 Usbek to Rhedi. The perfections of God; how can men have free will if God foresees their actions? The impossibility of proving whether a woman is a virgin 1 72 Rica to Usbek. The idiosyncrasies of the French Academy 1 74 Usbek to Rica. Arrogance and sense of position in noblemen 1 75 Usbek to Rhedi. Christian changeability and unfaithfulness to their beliefs 1 76 Usbek to Ibben. Doubts concerning suicide 2 77 Ibben to Usbek. Reasons for laws against suicide 1 78 Rica to Persian Letters. Inspection and purchase of a Circassian slave-girl 1 80 Persian Letters to Rhedi. The best mode of government; the advantages of a mild policy in dealing with political crimes 2 81 Nargum to Usbek. The Tartars and their unrecorded glory 1 82 Rica to Ibben. Bad habits in conversation 1 83 Usbek to Rhedi. Praise of the Invalides and its inhabitants 1 85 Usbek to Mirza. Sociability carried to extremes; epitaph of a visitor 2 88 Usbek to Rhedi. Social importance in France Persian Letters Persia 1 89 Usbek to Ibben. The desire for glory and its consequences in France, the ancient states, and Persia 2 90 Usbek to the same. The feudal 'point of honour' 1 91 Usbek to Rustan. An unworthy envoy from Persia 1 92 Usbek to Rhedi. The santon's holiness; the interpretation of legends about hermits 1 94 Usbek to Rhedi. International law and its distortions 1 95 Usbek to the same. Sanctions in international law 2 96 The First Eunuch to Usbek. Purchase of an Indian woman for Usbek's brother's seraglio; effects of her arrival there; plea for Usbek's return 2 97 Usbek to Hosain. Western science and Eastern religion 2 98 Usbek to Ibben. The swiftness of changes of fortune in France 1 99 Rica to Rhedi. Persian Letters caprices of fashion 1 Rica to the same. The ignorant bishop and his adviser 1 Usbek Persian Letters Ibben. The exercise of royal power in Europe and Persia 2 Letter Usbek to the same.