item: #1 of 12 id: rousseau-confessions_01-1728 author: rousseau title: confessions_01-1712_1728 date: 1728 words: 15493 flesch: 56 summary: Isaac Rousseau was born at Geneva, in 1712, son of Isaac Rousseau and Susannah Bernard, citizens. His father was a watchmaker. His mother was daughter of a Mons. Bernard, minister, and possessed aconsiderable share of modesty and beauty. keywords: affection; age; day; effect; father; heart; idea; lambercier; life; master; mind; miss; moment; money; mother; thought; time; tree; years cache: rousseau-confessions_01-1728.txt plain text: rousseau-confessions_01-1728.txt item: #2 of 12 id: rousseau-confessions_02-1730 author: rousseau title: confessions_02-1728_1731 date: 1731 words: 16930 flesch: 50 summary: In 1728-1731, a young man fled his family in search of freedom and adventure. He spent a few days in the countryside before returning to the city. He stayed with some country people who treated him better than the people in town. keywords: appearance; basile; care; day; good; heart; idea; journey; life; madam; means; religion; situation; thought; time; warrens; woman cache: rousseau-confessions_02-1730.txt plain text: rousseau-confessions_02-1730.txt item: #3 of 12 id: rousseau-confessions_03-1731 author: rousseau title: confessions_03-1728_1731 date: 1731 words: 16591 flesch: 58 summary: During his stay at Madam de Vercellis's, he was restless, absent, and thoughtful. His thoughts were occupied with girls and women. He would have liked to have met with Miss Goton, but the time was past in which the play of infancy predominated. M. Gaime was tutor to the Count of Melarede's children. He was incapable of doing the service he needed, but he was useful to him. keywords: abbe; count; good; heart; house; idea; life; madam; madam de; maitre; man; situation; thought; time; warrens cache: rousseau-confessions_03-1731.txt plain text: rousseau-confessions_03-1731.txt item: #4 of 12 id: rousseau-confessions_04-1730 author: rousseau title: confessions_04-1731_1732 date: 1732 words: 17001 flesch: 62 summary: M. le Maitre's box of music, containing all his fortune, was seized at Lyons by Count Dortan, who had received information from the Chapter of our having absconded with it. He lost the fruit of his talents, the labor of his youth, and principal dependence for the support of old age. He was disappointed not to hear news of Madam de Warrens on his arrival. keywords: country; day; heart; journey; life; madam; mademoiselle; man; means; music; paris; person; pleasure; thought; time; warrens cache: rousseau-confessions_04-1730.txt plain text: rousseau-confessions_04-1730.txt item: #5 of 12 id: rousseau-confessions_05-1735 author: rousseau title: confessions_05-1735 date: 1735 words: 20697 flesch: 52 summary: In 1732 I arrived at Chambery and began registering land for the king. I slept at the house of Madam de Warrens, but it was dark and dismal, and my apartment the most gloomy of the whole. I lived in the same house with my best friend, at her desk or in her chamber. She had no inclination for a journey to Turin, but she hired an old house in Chambery. keywords: anet; chambery; day; good; heart; house; idea; inclination; life; madam; madam de; man; manner; music; person; thought; time; warrens; woman; world cache: rousseau-confessions_05-1735.txt plain text: rousseau-confessions_05-1735.txt item: #6 of 12 id: rousseau-confessions_06-1736 author: rousseau title: confessions_06-1736 date: 1736 words: 19874 flesch: 53 summary: In Book VI (1736) he describes the happiness of his life. He had no occasion to have any property, but it was sufficient that he enjoyed it. Nothing that passed during that charming epocha, nothing that he did, said or thought has escaped his memory. keywords: books; day; good; happiness; heart; house; idea; larnage; length; life; madam; madam de; man; means; moment; pleasure; thought; time; warrens cache: rousseau-confessions_06-1736.txt plain text: rousseau-confessions_06-1736.txt item: #7 of 12 id: rousseau-confessions_07-1741 author: rousseau title: confessions_07-1741 date: 1741 words: 32447 flesch: 65 summary: After two years of silence and patience, he has written a book about his youth. The first part of it was written entirely from memory and is full of errors. The second part will probably be even more numerous. All the papers he had collected to aid his recollection are no longer in his possession, nor can he ever hope to regain them. keywords: abbe; account; ambassador; day; dupin; good; heart; house; m. de; madam; madam de; man; manner; means; mind; moment; montaigu; music; opera; paris; person; place; secretary; thought; time; venice; work cache: rousseau-confessions_07-1741.txt plain text: rousseau-confessions_07-1741.txt item: #8 of 12 id: rousseau-confessions_08-1749 author: rousseau title: confessions_08-1749 date: 1749 words: 23345 flesch: 63 summary: M. Seguy lived in the two most splendid houses in Paris. He was invited to visit the prince of Saxa-Gotha at Fontenai-sous-Bois. There he met M. Klupffel, his chaplain and later became his governor. M. Grimm was a young man who served him as a reader until he could get his own place. The next day at dinner the conversation turned to music and they became friends. keywords: author; day; effect; friends; good; great; grimm; heart; house; madam; man; manner; means; mind; moment; person; piece; situation; time; years cache: rousseau-confessions_08-1749.txt plain text: rousseau-confessions_08-1749.txt item: #9 of 12 id: rousseau-confessions_09-1756 author: rousseau title: confessions_09-1756 date: 1756 words: 37755 flesch: 65 summary: After spending 15 years in Venice, Venice, Paris and Paris, he wanted to retire and live in the country. He had no regular income, but he possessed some talents, and he had acquired a name. He was laborious when he chose to be so, and his idleness was less that of an indolent man. keywords: d'epinay; d'houdetot; diderot; friend; friendship; good; grimm; heart; hermitage; letter; life; love; madam; madam d'epinay; man; manner; means; moment; paris; person; saint; thought; time cache: rousseau-confessions_09-1756.txt plain text: rousseau-confessions_09-1756.txt item: #10 of 12 id: rousseau-confessions_10-1758 author: rousseau title: confessions_10-1758 date: 1758 words: 23740 flesch: 65 summary: After quitting the Hermitage in 1758, he fell into a state of depression. Madam d'Epinay and Grimm tried to force him to leave Montmorency. He left it so suddenly that they had no time to prevent the step. keywords: castle; d'houdetot; de luxembourg; friend; good; heart; house; letter; luxembourg; m. de; madam; madam de; man; manner; montmorency; paris; person; time; work cache: rousseau-confessions_10-1758.txt plain text: rousseau-confessions_10-1758.txt item: #11 of 12 id: rousseau-confessions_11-1761 author: rousseau title: confessions_11-1761 date: 1761 words: 18867 flesch: 61 summary: Julie was published in 1761. It was a great success in Paris. The book was least successful in Switzerland and most successful in France. It is singular that the book should have succeeded better in France than in the rest of Europe. keywords: day; de luxembourg; good; great; letters; m. de; madam de; manner; marechal; mind; opinion; persons; subject; thought; time; work cache: rousseau-confessions_11-1761.txt plain text: rousseau-confessions_11-1761.txt item: #12 of 12 id: rousseau-confessions_12-1762 author: rousseau title: confessions_12-1762 date: 1762 words: 29867 flesch: 60 summary: For the last eight years, the author has been enveloped in a dark and mysterious world. He cannot explain the circumstances of his life. He is convinced that he has been the victim of a conspiracy. He knows where the author's researches will end, but loses himself in the crooked and subterraneous path. keywords: author; country; friendship; having; heart; house; island; king; letter; life; lord; madam; man; manner; marshal; means; moment; motiers; neuchatel; people; state; time; wished cache: rousseau-confessions_12-1762.txt plain text: rousseau-confessions_12-1762.txt