![]() ![]() ![]() |a Modern library of the world's best books. |a The Modern library of the world's best books |a The confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau. This edition includes a biographical afterword. "The Confessions of Jean-Jacques Rousseau" is a significant text because of its wit, its honesty, and its portrayal of French history and society. But aside from his comedy, Rousseau also discusses the difficulty of living in a culture that banned his earlier works and friends who betrayed him during the revolutionary times. ![]() He is a gambler, a trickster, a gossip, and a mastermind all in one body. He took a risk in generating a contemptible persona as representative of his voice, but he then draws the reader to his side by his blatantly comical honesty. ![]() Critics and readers often refer to Rousseau as a "genius", not only for his other works, but also because of the "Confessions". He creates a portrait of himself that he wanted readers to remember, drawing from a humorous inner-monologue that his "character" created. Highly scandalous yet witty in nature, calling Rousseau's work an "autobiography" is a loose categorization of the text, as many of the stories and tales have been proven false, yet Rousseau told the truth about the spirit of his life through the book. Up until its publication in 1782, only two autobiographies had ever been written, and both were written by devout religious saints. Up until its publication in 1782, only two autobiographies had ever been. "The Confessions of Jean-Jacques Rousseau" is a one-of-a-kind autobiography. The Confessions of Jean-Jacques Rousseau is a one-of-a-kind autobiography. ![]()
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