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 93%
challenging 25%
emotional 18%
inspiring 18%
relaxing 18%
funny 12%
informative 12%
hopeful 6%
lighthearted 6%
sad 6%
tense 6%

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fast 6%

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