'Oh! Monsieur is Persian? That's most extraordinary! How can someone be Persian?' Two Persian travellers, Usbek and Rica, arrive in Paris just before the death of Louis XIV and in time to witness the hedonism and financial crash of the Regency. In their letters home they report on visits to the theatre and scientific societies, and observe the manners and flirtations of polite society, the structures of power and the hypocrisy of religion. Irony and bitter satire mark their comparison of East and West and their quest for understanding. Unsettling news from Persia concerning the female world of the harem intrudes on their new identities and provides a suspenseful plot of erotic jealousy and passion. This pioneering epistolary novel and work of travel-writing opened the world of the West to its oriental visitors and the Orient to its Western readers. This is the first English translation based on the original text, revealing this lively work as Montesquieu first intended. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range 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, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.
罗大冈,法国文学专家,翻译家。浙江绍兴人。1933年毕业于中法大学文学院。1953年后,任北京大学文学研究所、中国科学院文学研究所研究员,中国社会科学院外国文学研究所研究员,中国作协第二届理事,中国翻译家协会第一届理事,中国国际文化交流中心理事,中国外国文学学会第一届理事,中国法国文学研究会会长。1983年获法国巴黎大学荣誉博士称号。中国民主同盟盟员。是第五、六届全国政协委员。
在本人的阅读书单中,《波斯人信札》有多个“第二”:第二本书信体小说,第一本是歌德《少年维特的烦恼》。第二本讽刺小说,第一本是斯威夫特《格列佛游记》。说讽刺小说,其实没那么确切,书中有很多很全面辛辣的“吐槽”,但所涉及的政治、宗教、法律、社会、生活等方方面面...
评分豆友说,在看新书之前,想想自己看了哪些老书。孟德斯鸠处于法国路易十五时期,上任“太阳王”路易十四的铁腕统治也有所松动。本书正创作于这个时期,采用书信体,借由一位郁不得志而到欧洲游历的波斯国王的书信展开。这种创作方式当时很流行,我则想到林达的《近距离看美国》...
评分刚刚合上这本书,一本不算太厚重的书信体小说。刚开始想去看它只不过是冲着查理。路易。孟德斯鸠的名号去的因为我既无心也无力去阅读他其他更为经典的著作,只能通过这本号称是孟德斯鸠的唯一一部小说来从大量的艳情暧昧中去体会文化思考的冷峻。 可是不巧,我竟然真的被这本...
评分 评分孟德斯鸠一生有三部伟大作品,波斯人信札,论罗马盛衰的原因和论法的精神,论罗马盛衰的原因其实是论法的精神的第一章,所以其实孟德斯鸠一生的作品只有两部,波斯人信札通过虚构的150封几个波斯人的信件来往,勾勒了当时法国乃至欧洲社会政治现状,讽刺了当时的法国皇帝。而后...
He's so smart. He manipulate us with witty stories,
评分"The Ottoman Empire: its sick body is sustained not by a gentle and moderate regime, but by violent remedies which persistently weaken it, leaving it exhausted."
评分一个法国老处男对波斯后宫的YY
评分"The Ottoman Empire: its sick body is sustained not by a gentle and moderate regime, but by violent remedies which persistently weaken it, leaving it exhausted."
评分He's so smart. He manipulate us with witty stories,
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