{"date":"September 4","id":"09-04","intro":["Voltaire’s daring courage led him to publish a series of letters which contained unfavorable comparisons of French customs with the English. For this he was threatened with the Bastille."],"minutes":17,"readings":[{"author":"Voltaire","end":93,"start":85,"volume":34,"work":"Letters on the English"}],"slug":"september-4","status":"proofread","title":"Voltaire Criticizes","url":"/harvard-classics/september-4/","words":3411}