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The Confessions by Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1782-1789)
"I have resolved on an enterprise which has no precedent: to show a man in all the truth of nature; and this man shall be myself." The autobiography that invented the modern memoir — radically, shockingly honest about sex, shame, and the inner life.
Historical Significance:
Rousseau wrote his Confessions between 1764 and 1770, but they were published posthumously in 1782 and 1789. Unlike Augustine's Confessions (which served God) or Monta...
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"I have resolved on an enterprise which has no precedent: to show a man in all the truth of nature; and this man shall be myself." The autobiography that invented the modern memoir — radically, shockingly honest about sex, shame, and the inner life.
Historical Significance:
Rousseau wrote his Confessions between 1764 and 1770, but they were published posthumously in 1782 and 1789. Unlike Augustine's Confessions (which served God) or Monta...
Read free on BoingyBooks: https://boingybooks.com/marketplace/product.php?id=232
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