{"product_id":"the-confessions-9780140440331","title":"The Confessions","description":"Widely regarded as the first modern autobiography, \u003ci\u003eThe Confessions\u003c\/i\u003e is an astonishing work of acute psychological insight. Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-78) argued passionately against the inequality he believed to be intrinsic to civilized society. In his Confessions he relives the first fifty-three years of his radical life with vivid immediacy - from his earliest years, where we can see the source of his belief in the innocence of childhood, through the development of his philosophical and political ideas, his struggle against the French authorities and exile from France following the publication of Emile. Depicting a life of adventure, persecution, paranoia, and brilliant achievement, \u003ci\u003eThe Confessions\u003c\/i\u003e is a landmark work by one of the greatest thinkers of the Enlightenment, which was a direct influence upon the work of Proust, Goethe and Tolstoy among others. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eJean-Jacques Rousseau\u003c\/b\u003e (1712-1778) is the author of numerous political and philosophical texts as well as entries on music for Diderot's \u003ci\u003eEncyclop?die\u003c\/i\u003e and the novels \u003ci\u003eLa nouvelle H?lo?se\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003e?mile\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJ. M. Cohen\u003c\/b\u003e, born in London in 1903 and a Cambridge graduate, was the author of many Penguin translations, including versions of Cervantes, Rabelais and Montaigne. For some years he assisted E. V. Rieu in editing the Penguin Classics. He collected the three books of \u003cb\u003eComic and Curious Verse \u003c\/b\u003eand anthologies of Latin American and Cuban writing. He frequently visited Spain and made several visits to Mexico, Cuba and other Spanish American countries. With his son Mark he edited the \u003cb\u003ePenguin Dictionary of Quotations \u003c\/b\u003eand its companion \u003cb\u003eDictionary of Modern Quotations\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Penguin Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50318123532562,"sku":"9780140440331","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_3d965111-4736-4116-acf9-0b4cf9862758.jpg?v=1748514865","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-confessions-9780140440331","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}