Letters on England
Gelesen von Xiaoyan Arrowsmith
Voltaire
(4,714 Sterne; 7 Bewertungen)
Voltaire spent his early thirties in England as an exile following the Bastille imprisonment for his satires. With passionate admiration, he then wrote this series of letters in English putting forward his views on the 18th century England, in contrast with the feudal society of his home country, encompassing aspects of religion, politics, sciences, and literature. The book was published in England and the free England received these philosophical, political, critical, poetical, heretical, and diabolical letters with delight, whereas in France, the book was denounced and publicly burnt in Paris as scandalous, contrary to religion, to morals, and respect for authority. - Summary by IstXA (5 hr 10 min)
Chapters
LETTER XVII. ON INFINITES IN GEOMETRY, AND SIR ISAAC NEWTON’S CHRONOLOGY
17:43
Read by Xiaoyan Arrowsmith
LETTER XXIII. ON THE REGARD THAT OUGHT TO BE SHOWN TO MEN OF LETTERS
10:34
Read by Xiaoyan Arrowsmith
Bewertungen
Intriguing
Horatio Drake
(5 Sterne)
The text is intriguing that I want to read it after finishing Xiaoyan's good narration, specifically to clarify some French text given that we now have Google translate. While Xiaoyan has some accent, I would say it's delightful as I get the hang of it. The text is quite enlightening, showing how the English were special, after all, they built the British Empire.
well read
Prusc
(4,5 Sterne)
Although the reader has a nonnative accent that causes some mispronunciations she still does a very good job with the text and is easy to understand. The letters themselves are great
HELP! LIBRIVOX can't load any chapters, want this GEM so badly
Deadairman
(5 Sterne)
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A gem of History, nice to see it pop up
Son Of Solitude
(5 Sterne)