Reveries of the Solitary Walker (Oxford World's Classics)
β Scribed by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 119 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 0199563276
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β¦ Synopsis
Rousseau's last great work, Reveries of the Solitary Walker is part reminiscence, part meditation, as the philosopher tries to come to terms with his isolation and to find happiness in solitude and nature.
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