{"product_id":"9780191620140","title":"Reveries of the Solitary Walker","description":"The struggle between Rousseau's yearning for solitude and his need for society is the central theme of the \u003ci\u003eReveries.\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cp\u003eIn the two years before his death in 1778, Jean-Jacques Rousseau composed the ten meditations of \u003ci\u003eReveries of the Solitary Walker.\u003c\/i\u003e  Combining philosophical argument with amusing anecdotes and lyrical desriptive passages, they record the great French writer's sense of isolation and alienation from a world which he felt had rejected his work.  As he wanders around Paris, gazing at plants and day-dreaming, Rousseau looks back over his life in order to justify his actions and to elaborate on his ideal of a well-structured society fit for the noble and solitary natural man.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"OUP Oxford","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47081928884464,"sku":"9780191620140","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780191620140_p0.jpg?v=1763661503","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780191620140","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}