Therese Timeline and Summary
MoreTherese Timeline and Summary
- Rousseau returns from Italy and meets a shy woman named Therese. He's instantly smitten.
- The pair gets married and quickly starts having babies.
- Rousseau abandons all the babies in various orphanages, but we never get to hear whether Therese is on board with this plan.
- Therese moves to the Hermitage with Rousseau and Mme d'Epinay.
- When Rousseau starts having an affair with Mme d'Houdetot, Therese never openly objects. But she goes behind Rousseau's back to read his secret correspondences.
- Therese accompanies Rousseau back to Geneva after the blasphemy accusations come down.
- Wherever he goes, she goes. The couple finally lands in England after a long and tiring journey.