The Essays of Montaigne
by Michel de Montaigne
Translated by Charles Cotton
- Length
- 219 mornings, about 2,200 words a reading
About the book
The Essays are the life’s work of Michel de Montaigne, a French nobleman who withdrew to his estate near Bordeaux in 1571 to read and write. He published the first two books in 1580 and added a third, along with many additions to the first two, in 1588; a further edition appeared after his death. His word essais means trials or attempts, and it gave the essay its name.
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