# Confessions

by [Augustine of Hippo](https://localbooks.app/authors/augustine-of-hippo)

- Genres: [Memorie spirituali](https://localbooks.app/genres/biography-memoir/spiritual-memoir), [Religioni del mondo](https://localbooks.app/genres/religion/world-religions)
- Set in: [Carthage, governatorato di Tunisi, Tunisia](https://localbooks.app/places/tn/tunis-governorate/carthage); [Milano, Lombardia, Italia](https://localbooks.app/places/it/lombardy/milan); [Annaba, provincia di Annaba, Algeria](https://localbooks.app/places/dz/annaba/annaba)
- Audience: Adult

## Description

Addressed as a long prayer, Augustine tells how a gifted, restless young man from North Africa stole pears for fun, chased ambition through Carthage, Rome and Milan, and argued with every philosophy on offer. It reaches a garden in Milan where he finally hears a child's voice telling him to pick up and read.

## Where to buy

- [Project Gutenberg (ebook)](https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3296)

Read a free sample: https://localbooks.app/books/confessions/read/1 (13 chapters, 111867 words)

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