Montaigne called his pieces essais, 'trials' or 'attempts', and the word names both a method and a new literary genre. The book gathers 107 chapters in three books, ranging from one-page notes on thumbs, smells and names to the sprawling 'Apology for Raymond Sebond', which fills a sixth of the whole.
Author
Michel de Montaigne
This small volume presents Montaigne's celebrated essay on friendship together with other essays from the Essais in M. A.