Confessions, volumes 5 and 6
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
"She was more to me than a sister, a mother, a friend, or even than a mistress, and for this very reason she was not a mistress; in a word, I loved her too much to desire her..."
More of the amours of the twentysomething Jean-Jacques: here initiated into a strangely compromised manhood by his "maman" and perennial comforter -
"Was I happy? No: I felt I know-not-what invincible sadness which empoisoned my happiness, it seemed that I had committed an incest, and two or three times, pressing her eagerly in my arms, I deluged her bosom with my tears. On her part, as she had never sought pleasure, she had not the stings of remorse..."
(Introduction by Martin Geeson)
Author - Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
Narrator - LibriVox Community.
Published Date - Thursday, 19 January 2023.
Location:
United States
Description:
"She was more to me than a sister, a mother, a friend, or even than a mistress, and for this very reason she was not a mistress; in a word, I loved her too much to desire her..." More of the amours of the twentysomething Jean-Jacques: here initiated into a strangely compromised manhood by his "maman" and perennial comforter - "Was I happy? No: I felt I know-not-what invincible sadness which empoisoned my happiness, it seemed that I had committed an incest, and two or three times, pressing her eagerly in my arms, I deluged her bosom with my tears. On her part, as she had never sought pleasure, she had not the stings of remorse..." (Introduction by Martin Geeson) Author - Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Narrator - LibriVox Community. Published Date - Thursday, 19 January 2023.
Language:
English
Chapter 1
Duration:00:17:22
Chapter 2
Duration:00:18:42
Chapter 3
Duration:00:16:12
Chapter 4
Duration:00:18:03
Chapter 5
Duration:00:20:21
Chapter 6
Duration:00:17:29
Chapter 7
Duration:00:20:19
Chapter 8
Duration:00:17:20
Chapter 9
Duration:00:18:00
Chapter 10
Duration:00:19:14
Chapter 11
Duration:00:15:35
Chapter 12
Duration:00:25:23
Chapter 13
Duration:00:25:39
Chapter 14
Duration:00:16:50
Chapter 15
Duration:00:19:14
Chapter 16
Duration:00:17:45
Chapter 17
Duration:00:19:51
Chapter 18
Duration:00:17:28
Chapter 19
Duration:00:22:46
Chapter 20
Duration:00:25:14