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Letters on England

Gelesen von Xiaoyan Arrowsmith

(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

INTRODUCTION

7:07

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LETTER I. ON THE QUAKERS

14:46

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LETTER II. ON THE QUAKERS

7:11

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LETTER III. ON THE QUAKERS

11:11

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LETTER IV. ON THE QUAKERS

12:50

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LETTER V. ON THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND

8:26

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LETTER VI. ON THE PRESBYTERIANS

4:58

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

5:41

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LETTER VIII. ON THE PARLIAMENT

8:52

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LETTER IX. ON THE GOVERNMENT

12:26

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LETTER X. ON TRADE

5:09

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LETTER XI. ON INOCULATION

12:58

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LETTER XII. ON THE LORD BACON

14:30

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LETTER XIII. ON MR. LOCKE

19:49

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LETTER XIV. ON DESCARTES AND SIR ISAAC NEWTON

15:08

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LETTER XV. ON ATTRACTION

27:04

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LETTER XVI. ON SIR ISAAC NEWTON’S OPTICS

11:59

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

17:43

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LETTER XVIII. ON TRAGEDY

18:36

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LETTER XIX. ON COMEDY

13:29

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

5:15

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

15:44

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

13:46

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

10:34

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LETTER XXIV. ON THE ROYAL SOCIETY AND OTHER ACADEMIES

14:56

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Bewertungen

Intriguing

(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

(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

(5 Sterne)

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A gem of History, nice to see it pop up

(5 Sterne)