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Letters on England
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Letters on England collects Voltaire's observations on English religion, politics, science, and literature, written during his 1720s stay in the country and often used to reflect indirectly on French society. It suits readers interested in Enlightenment thought, comparative culture, and eighteenth-century European history.
Voltaire
François-Marie Arouet, known by his pen name Voltaire, was a French Enlightenment writer, philosopher (philosophe), satirist, and historian. Famous for his wit and his criticism of Christianity and of slavery, Voltaire was an advocate of freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and separation of church and state.
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