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Confessions

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  1. The title of two well-known autobiographies: that of Augustine from the fourth century, describing his early years and his conversion to Christianity, and that of the eighteenth-century philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau.


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“Bringing Confessions II back to where it began was such a thrill,” she wrote.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2026

Madonna has officially announced that her next album will be a sequel to 2005's Confessions On A Dancefloor, the club-focused record that produced hits like Sorry and the Abba-sampling Hung Up.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

The city was the one-time home of Augustine, whose autobiographical "Confessions" is a seminal work within the Christian tradition.

From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026

Writer who was best-known for her 2000 novel, Confessions of a Shopaholic, the comic saga of Becky Bloomwood, a financial journalist and serial shopper.

From BBC • Dec. 31, 2025

It is true that in high school I read Augustine’s Confessions, but that extraordinary autobiography did not prompt my imitation.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez

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