
The Confessions of Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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Jonathan Keeble
Published four years after Rousseau's death, Confessions is a remarkably frank and honest self-portrait, described by Rousseau as "the history of my soul". From his idyllic youth in the Swiss mountains, to his career as a composer in Paris and his abandonment of his children, Rousseau lays bare his entire life with preternatural honesty. He relates his scandals, follies, jealousies, sexual exploits, and unrequited loves, as well as the torrential events surrounding his controversial works Discourses, Emile, and The Social Contract, which led to his persecution and wanderings in exile. Confessions provides an invaluable window into the making of the man, the society he lived in, and the development of ideas that would have a profound influence on philosophers and political theorists to come.
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The second half reveals him for who he really is, and the unflattering results are clearly not what he intended. By the end, you feel you know him very well and would probably not like to meet him.
The book turns from confessions to accusations about everyone and anyone. He seems to want to say, 'see, I'm not as bad as everyone else!'.
The audible narration is fantastic and makes the story very enjoyable.
Enjoyable read
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A life, honestly told
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