Robert, Ou Confessions d'un Homme de Lettres

In these unpublished Confessions, Robert-Martin Lesuire (1736-1815) offers a lively account of the life of a Rouennais who comes up to Paris to become a man of letters. From the people to the nobility, from the provinces to the capital, from France to foreign lands, this autobiography-cum-travelogue reads like a novel.