Biographical novel "Confessions of Nicholas" belongs to the pen of Gerard de Nerval - one of the most mysterious French romantic writers. And the hero of his “Confessions” is a person no less bright than Nerval himself. This is Nicolas Retif de La Breton (1734-1806), French novelist and playwright, who created more than one hundred works in a variety of genres; it is no accident that his descendants called him “the Balzac of the XVIII century”. Retif is endless love and adventurous adventures, this amazing ability to turn your soul inside out, these are grandiose literary enterprises like the 42-volume series “Contemporary” (the stories of famous women) or the utopian project of ordering brothels “Pornographer” . Two unique eccentric personalities come together in Confessions, giving readers an amazing and exciting book.