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Confessions

Saint Augustine

Confessions

Paper book: €54.99

Digital: €16.99

Original publication
400
Bilingual edition
June 12, 2026
Pages
801
Difficulty
Hard
Genres
Philosophy, Psychology
Moods
Understand myself, Think it through, Meet a real life
Translated from
English

Book summary

Around the year 400, Augustine, now Bishop of Hippo in North Africa, tells the story of his life, speaking directly to God. He remembers his childhood, the pears he stole just for the pleasure of doing wrong, his youth in Carthage and his long search for the truth. Until the day when, in a garden in Milan, he hears a child's voice singing: “Take up and read”.

This book is often seen as the first great autobiography of the Western world. We meet a man who doubts, makes mistakes and searches for himself, with a sincerity that still moves us today.

With the translation always in front of you, you can read this great classic in the language you are learning.

The plot

A man tells the story of his youth. At sixteen, he steals pears without being hungry, just for the pleasure of doing wrong.

The world of the book

From North Africa to Milan. The book is set in the Roman Empire, around the Mediterranean.

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