Letters On England - Couverture souple

Voltaire

 
9781440418402: Letters On England

Synopsis

Letters on England is a series of essays written by Voltaire based on his experiences living in England between 1726 and 1728. In some ways, the book can be compared with Democracy in America by Alexis De Tocqueville, in how it flatteringly explains a nation to itself from the perspective of an outsider, as Voltaire's depictions of aspects of English culture, society and government are often given favourable treatment in comparison to their French equivalents.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Letters on England is a series of essays written by Voltaire based on his experiences living in England between 1726 and 1728. In some ways, the book can be compared with Democracy in America by Alexis De Tocqueville, in how it flatteringly explains a nation to itself from the perspective of an outsider, as Voltaire's depictions of aspects of English culture, society and government are often given favourable treatment in comparison to their French equivalents.

Biographie de l'auteur

Voltaire (1694-1778) French writer, satirist, the embodiment of the 18th-century Enlightenment. Among his best-known works is the satirical short story CANDIDE (1759).

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