Letters on England Letter XX - On Such of the Nobility as Cultivate the Belles Lettres
In which Voltaire reflects upon the changing tastes of French nobility, lamenting a decline in the cultivation of polite literature, while contrasting it with the English admiration for learning fostered by their political freedoms. He also presents a youthful English nobleman’s poetical critique of Italy, echoing themes of pride, poverty, and the hollow ceremony of religious authority.
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