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ATDrake · 10-16-2011, 11:47 PM

Letters On England by Voltaire, translated and introduced by Leonard Tancock in the Penguin Classics Edition, is free courtesy of publisher Penguin. This is pretty much bound to be a new-ish, non public-domain version.

Currently free at Amazon UK. May or may not drop in the other Amazons (I'm guessing not, but I could be wrong).

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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.

10-16-2011, 11:47 PM	#1
ATDrake Wizzard Posts: 11,517 Karma: 33048258 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Roundworld Device: Kindle 2 International, Sony PRS-T1, BlackBerry PlayBook, Acer Iconia	Free book (Kindle) - Letters On England by Voltaire [Penguin Classics Edition] Letters On England by Voltaire, translated and introduced by Leonard Tancock in the Penguin Classics Edition, is free courtesy of publisher Penguin. This is pretty much bound to be a new-ish, non public-domain version. Currently free at Amazon UK. May or may not drop in the other Amazons (I'm guessing not, but I could be wrong). Description 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.