Reveries of the Solitary Walker by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Reveries of the Solitary Walker

Jean-Jacques Rousseau with Peter France (Translator)

160 pages first pub 1782 (editions)

nonfiction classics philosophy challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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Ten meditations written in the two years before Rousseau's death in 1778 provide an excellent introduction to the thinker's complex world, expressing in its full force the agony of isolation and alienation For more than seventy years, Penguin has ...

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reflective 90%
challenging 20%
emotional 20%
inspiring 20%
relaxing 20%
funny 10%
hopeful 10%
informative 10%
lighthearted 10%
sad 10%
tense 10%

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medium 40%

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