The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau — Volume 08 by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

"The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau — Volume 08" by Jean-Jacques Rousseau is an autobiography completed in 1769. This groundbreaking work chronicles the first fifty-three years of Rousseau's life, offering an unprecedented portrait of worldly experiences and personal feelings. Unlike earlier religious autobiographies, Rousseau candidly reveals his shameful moments—including theft, deceit, and the abandonment of his five children. His revolutionary approach to self-examination inspired generations of writers and established a new form of intimate, confessional autobiography. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778
Title The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau — Volume 08
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confessions_(Rousseau)
Credits Produced by David Widger
Reading Level Reading ease score: 59.3 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read.
Language English
LoC Class PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Subject Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778
Subject Authors, French -- 18th century -- Biography
Category Text
eBook-No. 3908
Release Date
Last Update Jan 9, 2021
Copyright Public domain in the USA.
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