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The Essays: A Selection
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By Michel de Montaigne, M. A. Screech (Translator), M. A. Screech (Editor), M. A. Screech (Introduction), M. A. Screech (Noted by)
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A survey of one of the giants of Renaissance thought, The Essays: A Selection collects some of Michel de Montaigne's most startling and original works, translated from the French and edited with an introduction and notes by M.A. Screech in Penguin Classics. To overcome a crisis of melancholy after the death of his father, Montaigne withdrew to his country estates and began to write, and in the highly original essays that resulted he discussed themes such as fathers and children, conscience ...