Persian Letters by Montesquieu (Book Analysis)
Persian Letters by Montesquieu (Book Analysis)
Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide
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This practical and insightful reading guide offers a complete summary and analysis of Persian Letters by Montesquieu. It provides a thorough exploration of the novel’s plot, characters and main themes, including the clash of cultures, the merits of various political systems and the importance of tolerance. The clear and concise style makes for easy understanding, providing the perfect opportunity to improve your literary knowledge in no time.
This clear and detailed 64-page reading guide is structured as follows:
- Biography of Montesquieu
- Presentation of Persian Letters
- Summary of Persian Letters
- Character study
- Usbek
- Rica
- Their friends
- The eunuchs
- The women
- Analysis of Persian Letters
- A celebrated epistolary novel
- Structure
- An outside perspective
- Political thought
- Exploration of contemporary issues
About Persian Letters
Montesquieu’s Persian Letters is one of the most famous epistolary novels of all time. Its protagonists, the Persian travellers Usbek and Rica, journey across Europe and spend an extended period of time in France, where they are frequently taken aback by the local customs and the people they encounter. Their outside perspective makes them highly engaging characters, and enabled Montesquieu to evade censorship and criticism in his portrayal of the absurdities and vices of 18th-century European society.
About Montesquieu
Charles de Secondat, baron de Montesquieu, better known as simply Montesquieu, was a French writer and philosopher who is most famous for his 1721 novel Persian Letters and his 1748 essay The Spirit of Laws, in which he developed a number of ideas that form the basis of our democracies even today. He was a key figure in the Enlightenment movement, and advocated the values of tolerance, liberty and equality in both his fiction and non-fiction writings.
Product details
ISBN | 9782808009072 |
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Publisher | Plurilingua Publishing |
Collection | Brightsummaries.com |
Format | |
Pages | 64 |
File size | 2.2 MB |