Liberté du XVIIIème consists of selections, representing about one fifth, i.e. 167 pp. from La guerre du goût. While the original work is conceived on a much broader scope, the selections, as the title demonstrates focus on the culture of the Eighteenth Century, mainly French culture, but inclusive of the broader European cultural context, mainly literature and music. There are the familiar French authors such as Voltaire and Sade and Casanova, but French culture is presented on a much broader scale, introducing less familiar authors such as Fragonard, Saint-Simon and Les Liaisons dangereuses. What makes the work interesting is that it introduces 18th century culture, while connecting this culture with French culture of a century onwards, the circle of Rimbaud aswell as our own time. The tone and level of the work is fairly general, and not too difficult, and Sollers explores the culture in more depth than some of his other work. ( )