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  • Published: 3 January 2000
  • ISBN: 9780141907444
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 176
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Letters on England




Also known as the Lettres anglaises ou philosophiques, Voltaire's response to his exile in England offered the French public of 1734 a panoramic view of British culture. Perceiving them as a veiled attack against the ancien regime, however, the French government ordered the letters burned and Voltaire persecuted.

  • Published: 3 January 2000
  • ISBN: 9780141907444
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 176
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