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Letters on England

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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

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Chapters

Chapter 1
INTRODUCTION
07:07
Chapter 2
LETTER I. ON THE QUAKERS
14:46
Chapter 3
LETTER II. ON THE QUAKERS
07:11
Chapter 4
LETTER III. ON THE QUAKERS
11:11
Chapter 5
LETTER IV. ON THE QUAKERS
12:50
Chapter 6
LETTER V. ON THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND
08:26
Chapter 7
LETTER VI. ON THE PRESBYTERIANS
04:58
Chapter 8
LETTER VII. ON THE SOCINIANS, OR ARIANS, OR ANTITRINITARIANS
05:41
Chapter 9
LETTER VIII. ON THE PARLIAMENT
08:52
Chapter 10
LETTER IX. ON THE GOVERNMENT
12:26
Chapter 11
LETTER X. ON TRADE
05:09
Chapter 12
LETTER XI. ON INOCULATION
12:58
Chapter 13
LETTER XII. ON THE LORD BACON
14:30
Chapter 14
LETTER XIII. ON MR. LOCKE
19:49
Chapter 15
LETTER XIV. ON DESCARTES AND SIR ISAAC NEWTON
15:08
Chapter 16
LETTER XV. ON ATTRACTION
27:04
Chapter 17
LETTER XVI. ON SIR ISAAC NEWTON’S OPTICS
11:59
Chapter 18
LETTER XVII. ON INFINITES IN GEOMETRY, AND SIR ISAAC NEWTON’S CHRONOLOGY
17:43
Chapter 19
LETTER XVIII. ON TRAGEDY
18:36
Chapter 20
LETTER XIX. ON COMEDY
13:29
Chapter 21
LETTER XX. ON SUCH OF THE NOBILITY AS CULTIVATE THE BELLES LETTRES
05:15
Chapter 22
LETTER XXI. ON THE EARL OF ROCHESTER AND MR. WALLER
15:44
Chapter 23
LETTER XXII. ON MR. POPE AND SOME OTHER FAMOUS POETS
13:46
Chapter 24
LETTER XXIII. ON THE REGARD THAT OUGHT TO BE SHOWN TO MEN OF LETTERS
10:34
Chapter 25
LETTER XXIV. ON THE ROYAL SOCIETY AND OTHER ACADEMIES
14:56

Letters on England

Chapters

INTRODUCTION

LETTER I. ON THE QUAKERS

LETTER II. ON THE QUAKERS

LETTER III. ON THE QUAKERS

LETTER IV. ON THE QUAKERS

LETTER V. ON THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND

LETTER VI. ON THE PRESBYTERIANS

LETTER VII. ON THE SOCINIANS, OR ARIANS, OR ANTITRINITARIANS

LETTER VIII. ON THE PARLIAMENT

LETTER IX. ON THE GOVERNMENT

LETTER X. ON TRADE

LETTER XI. ON INOCULATION

LETTER XII. ON THE LORD BACON

LETTER XIII. ON MR. LOCKE

LETTER XIV. ON DESCARTES AND SIR ISAAC NEWTON

LETTER XV. ON ATTRACTION

LETTER XVI. ON SIR ISAAC NEWTON’S OPTICS

LETTER XVII. ON INFINITES IN GEOMETRY, AND SIR ISAAC NEWTON’S CHRONOLOGY

LETTER XVIII. ON TRAGEDY

LETTER XIX. ON COMEDY

LETTER XX. ON SUCH OF THE NOBILITY AS CULTIVATE THE BELLES LETTRES

LETTER XXI. ON THE EARL OF ROCHESTER AND MR. WALLER

LETTER XXII. ON MR. POPE AND SOME OTHER FAMOUS POETS

LETTER XXIII. ON THE REGARD THAT OUGHT TO BE SHOWN TO MEN OF LETTERS

LETTER XXIV. ON THE ROYAL SOCIETY AND OTHER ACADEMIES