his first novel "les sauvages de l’europe" ("the savages of europe", 1760) was a burlesque satire of england in which two young frenchmen, sansor and tintine, who enthusiastically travel to england, thinking it more democratic than france. however, they suffer all sorts of misadventures and discover nothing but abominations - inhabitants halfway between man and beast, riots, hangings, hypocrisy, corruption, ever-present francophobia and appalling food. finally they adjudge it an island of savages and return to france, vowing never to return. the book saw some success and was translated into english and re-published in france.