The Citizen of the World; or, Letters from a Chinese Philosopher Residing in London to His Friends in the East (The Folio Society)

349, [1] pp. A collection of letters by the author of The Vicar of Wakefield, The Deserted Village, She Stoops to Conquer, etc., originally published in the Public Ledger. They use a fictional author - a Chinese traveler in England named Lien Chi - to critique and satirize British social mores. Includes introduction and preface by Rosalind Vallance.