Confessions records Rousseau's life experience of more than 50 years from birth to 1766 when he was forced to leave St. Pierre Island. He narrated the rough treatment he suffered as a child, described the abuse he suffered after entering the society and all kinds of darkness and injustice he heard and saw, and angrily exposed the "law of the jungle", "might is right" and the ugliness and decay of the ruling class.

The title of the book is Confession, but it is actually "accusation" and "crying", expressing deep sympathy for the insulted and hurt "inferior people".

Confession is a unique, original and unparalleled work. The appearance of novels opened up the road of romantic literature and profoundly influenced the development of European thought and literature in the19th century.

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Creation background

This book is Rousseau's self-reflection when he was in a miserable situation in his later years. The whole autobiography was basically written intermittently during his wandering days. It mainly tells how the society changed Rousseau in his life, how the society abused him and presented him with a miserable life.

Rousseau was born in a poor family in Geneva, Switzerland, and worked as an apprentice, servant, private secretary and score scribe. I have been displaced all my life, and the preparation of the calendar is very hard. 1749 is the progress of science and art helpful to Dunhua customs? . 1762 was pursued by the French authorities for publishing On the Social Contract and Emile, and took refuge in Switzerland, Prussia and Britain successively. He died in Paris on 1778.