Rousseau addressed the paradox of his position as a novelist in two prefaces, which explained that novels were bad in themselves because they caused corruption, yet salutary in that they could inspire virtue among those already trapped in a corrupt society.
He also added a further paradox: "This novel is not a novel.
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!!! Cake and eating it!?
pick“We came on the wind of the carnival.”
Finished in January for #TwinPeaksReadingChallenge
#AudreyHorne
Vianne Rocher sweeps into the town of Lansquenet and opens a chocolate shop across from the church during Lent, making an enemy of Father Francis.
This is such a good story. A little bit witchy and full of delicious details. The food descriptions almost make me salivate. I recommend.
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Book 1 of Chocolat
#SeriesLove2025 #Read2025
@TheBookHippie what a coinkydink
Sunflowers 🌻 came up in my reading today. Regarding the Fibonacci Sequence- sunflowers always have 89 seeds!
pickI loved a few parts of this, and overall it is very well done. I thought I was done reading Houellebecq but I‘m glad I decided to read this one too. There are some great themes he works through.
#Falling #LibraryFun two I got on my most recent library trip . unfortunately haven‘t started either one yet !
He observed again the complex motif composed by the strips of flesh spread across the floor of the room. What he felt was less disgust than a sort of general pity for the entire earth, for mankind, which can, in its heart, give birth to such horrors.
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