Persian Letters
About This Novel
Letters from the Persians is Montesquieu's only literary work. The novel depicts the real life in Paris in the early 18th century through the experiences of the Persian noble Yusbek. The bloodshed, lust and death described in the novel make people read it endlessly. The dialogue between the eunuchs and the imprisoned wives and concubines in the back room, and the loving words of the master in a foreign land make people read it often. "Letter from the Persians" is an important literary work during the Enlightenment period, which pioneered rational criticism. The entire work reflects people's ideological status and changes on the eve of the French Revolution, laying the foundation for Montesquieu to write "The Spirit of the Laws".
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