About this title: 'No one can write a man's life except himself.' In his Confessions Jean-Jacques Rousseau tells the story of his life, from the formative experience of his humble childhood in Geneva, through the achievement of international fame as novelist and philosopher in Paris, to his wanderings as an exile, persecuted by governments and alienated from the ...
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Larousse, Paris
Date Published: 1938
Description: Cover worn and slightly torn, pages browned and some slightly torn at front. Library label on fron cover. Softback, Ex-Library, with usual stamps markings, in fair to good all-round condition, 119pages., 150grams, ISBN: read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Librairie Larousse, Paris
Date Published: 1971
Description: Extraits. Tome 2. Livres VII a XII. Softback, ex-library, with usual stamps and markings, in fair all round condition., 200grams, ISBN: read more
Description: Good. ( Wordsworth Classics 1996, Paperback. ) This fascinating work is another by Rousseau that shows his diversity as a philosopher and imagination as writer, as with 'Confessions' he practically invents the autobiographic genre. Ultimately however, the 'Confesions' is a tradgically bleak account of a man seeking a peaceful and meaningful life, but unable to escape the demands of and injustices of society. Yet the 'Confessions' also show a man struggling to cling to his philosophical ... read more
Edition: First Thus
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Larousse, Paris
Date Published: 1960
Description: Fine. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. French reprint (extracts) in softcover format in the Nouveaux Classiques Larousse series, 12mo, 131pp; card covers; French text; VG+/Fine Copy. read more
Description: Good. Library copy. May contain some creasing/wear to cover, some tanning to pages and library markings. But otherwise will be of good quality. FAST DISPATCH. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Everyman's Library
Date Published: 1992
ISBN-13:9781857150841ISBN:1857150848
Description: Good. EXCELLENT value for money and ready for dispatch. Delivery usually within 3/5 days. Our reputation is built on our Speedy Delivery Service and our Customer Service Team. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: J.M. Dent & Sons, London
Date Published: 1946
Description: Confessions. Volume 2. Ex-library Sticker on the Front. Hardback, Ex-Library, with usual stamps markings, in good all-round condition, 296pages., 300grams, ISBN: read more
Edition: NEW ED
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: WORDSWORTH EDITIONS LTD Country = UNITED KINGDOM
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9781853264658ISBN:1853264652
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 672 pages. (672 pages) this work is a frank treatment of rousseau's sexual and intellectual development. it offers a model for the reflective life: the solitary, uncompromising individual; the enemy of servitude and habit; and the selfish egoist who dedicates himself to a particular ideal. edition new ed (Paperback) read more
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Penguin, London
Date Published: 1978
ISBN-13:9780140440331ISBN:014044033X
Description: Very Good. No Jacket. Paperback. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. 606pp-light creasing to back cover, otherwise very good clean and unmarked copy. read more
Edition: Millennium Library
Binding: Dark Green Cloth
Publisher: Everyman's Library, London
Date Published: 1992
ISBN-13:9781857150841ISBN:1857150848
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. Hardback. H. 8 1/4" 716pp. Number 84 in the Millennium Library Collection. Withdrawn school library book with usual stamps etc. Gilt spine titles in black panel. Bound-in silken bookmark. No issue stamps, so probably un-read. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: EVERYMAN'S LIBRARY
Date Published: 1992
ISBN-13:9781857150841ISBN:1857150848
Description: Published by Everyman's Library in 1992. Hardback with Dust jacket. Number of pages: 628. Condition: Good. Used book but in Good Condition for sensible price. Shipped from UK. Delivery is usually 2-3 working days from order by Royal Mail, International Delivery is by Airmail. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: EVERYMAN'S LIBRARY
Date Published: 1992
ISBN-13:9781857150841ISBN:1857150848
Description: Published by Everyman's Library in 1992. Hardcover. Number of pages: 628. Condition: Very Good. May show some slight signs of wear. #8303252 Shipped from UK. Delivery is usually 2-3 working days from order by Royal Mail, International Delivery is by Airmail. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: PENGUIN
Date Published: 1954
Description: Published by PENGUIN in 1954, paperback, medium size, good in poor D/W, wear to edges, hinges cracked internally, pages brownish, page edges foxed, wear to head & tail of spine. Shipped from UK. Delivery is usually 2-3 working days from order by Royal Mail, International Delivery is by Airmail. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: PENGUIN
Date Published: 1953
ISBN-13:9780140440331ISBN:014044033X
Description: Published by PENGUIN in 1953, 606 pages, reprint, paperback, medium size, wear to edges, internally good, slight foxing. Shipped from UK. Delivery is usually 2-3 working days from order by Royal Mail, International Delivery is by Airmail. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Everyman's Library
Date Published: 1992
ISBN-13:9781857150841ISBN:1857150848
Description: Number 84 in the library. Among the greatest self-portraits in world literature. Near fine condition hardback in dust jacket. Pages: 306. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin
Date Published: 1954
Description: Good in Good jacket. Size: 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall; Penguin classic, green with jacket, L33. 606 pages. moderate wear only to book, jacket is more worn at edges. Post Typically 1-2 days UK, 2-7 days Worldwide. read more
"This book is really interesting. His life is really thrilling and the way he tells story of his lives, you can almost see why he cam up with and believed many of his theories. I think it's cool."
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