On Solitude

Blending intellectual speculation with anecdote and personal reflection, the Renaissance thinker and writer Montaigne pioneered the modern essay. This selection contains his idiosyncratic writings on subjects as varied as the virtues of solitude, the power of the imagination, the pleasures of reading, and the importance of sleep.

• | By (Author): Michel De Montaigne
• | Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
• | Publication Date: Aug 27, 2009
• | Country of Publication: United Kingdom
• | Number of Pages: 144 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback|Softback
• | ISBN-10: 0141043857
• | ISBN-13: 9780141043852