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Essays

Michel de Montaigne

Form
Form Essay Collection
Year
Year 1580
Originally in
Originally in French
Pages
Pages 700

A retired magistrate sets out to describe himself honestly, one subject at a time, and invents a way of writing that thinks on the page.

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Essays, Michel de Montaigne

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