Les Rêveries du Promeneur Solitaire by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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"Les Rêveries du Promeneur Solitaire" by Jean-Jacques Rousseau is an unfinished work written between 1776 and 1778. In these ten meditative "walks," Rousseau retreats into solitude after years of feeling persecuted and isolated. He abandons explaining himself to the world and instead explores his inner life through contemplation of nature and philosophical reflection. This intimate journal blends autobiography with philosophy, pioneering a new form of introspective writing that helped birth European Romanticism.
Rousseau writes purely for himself, finding peace in solitary wandering. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778 |
|---|---|
| Title |
Les Rêveries du Promeneur Solitaire Ouvrage faisant suite aux Confessions |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reveries_of_the_Solitary_Walker Wikipedia page about this book: fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_R%C3%AAveries_du_promeneur_solitaire |
| Credits | Laura Natal Rodrigues at Free Literature (Images generously made available by Hathi Trust.) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 62.6 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. |
| Language | French |
| LoC Class | PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Subject | Nature |
| Subject | Happiness |
| Subject | Self-perception |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 65434 |
| Release Date | May 24, 2021 |
| Last Update | Oct 18, 2024 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 562 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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