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The Confessions
de Rousseau, Jean-Jacques
- Usado
- very good
- Tapa blanda
- Estado
- Very Good/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 1853264652
- ISBN 13
- 9781853264658
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Hertfordshire, England: Wordsworth Classics of World Literature, 1996. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Hertfordshire, England, Wordsworth Classics, 1996. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. Cover illustration: A portrait of Rousseau by Allan Ramsey, 1713-1784. Clean wraps with light wear around edges, crease down spine, upper corner creased; binding tight and solid. Internals are clean and completely free on any marks, faintly toned. Rousseau was an 18th century French Philosopher. His "Confessions" consists of 12 "Books"; this volume contains all 12 books. Rousseau's central philosophy was that even with his weaknesses, he is, as we all are, fundamentally good and honest. This philosophy connects his "Confessions", his life story, to all the rest of his work. 645 pages. 8vo. 1996. Wordsworth Classics of World Literature, Hertfordshire, England.
Sinopsis
J. M. Cohen , 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 Comic and Curious Verse and 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 Penguin Dictionary of Quotations and its companion Dictionary of Modern Quotations . J. M. Cohen died in 1989. The Times’ obituary described him as ‘the translator of the foreign prose classics for our times’ and ‘one of the last great English men of letters’, while the Independent wrote that ‘his influence will be felt for generations to come’. J. M. Cohen , 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 Comic and Curious Verse and 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 Penguin Dictionary of Quotations and its companion Dictionary of Modern Quotations . J. M. Cohen died in 1989. The Times’ obituary described him as ‘the translator of the foreign prose classics for our times’ and ‘one of the last great English men of letters’, while the Independent wrote that ‘his influence will be felt for generations to come’.
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- Título
- The Confessions
- Autor
- Rousseau, Jean-Jacques
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa blanda
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- No Jacket
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 1853264652
- ISBN 13
- 9781853264658
- Editorial
- Wordsworth Classics of World Literature
- Lugar de publicación
- Hertfordshire, England
- Fecha de publicación
- 1996
- Tamaño
- 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" t
- Palabras clave
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