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Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter

Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter

by Simone de Beauvoir, James Kirkup
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A superb autobiography by one of the great literary figures of the twentieth century, Simone de Beauvoir's Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter offers an intimate picture of growing up in a bourgeois French family, rebelling as an adolescent against the conventional expectations of her class, and striking out on her own with an intellectual and existential ambition exceedingly rare in a young woman in the 1920s. She vividly evokes her friendships, love interests, mentors, and the early days of the most important relationship of her life, with fellow student Jean-Paul Sartre, against the backdrop of a turbulent political time.

Book Details

ISBN13 9780060825195
ISBN10 0060825197
Series/Work OL260382W View on OpenLibrary
Publisher Harper Perennial Modern Classics
Language ENG
Created At January 30, 2025
Updated At January 30, 2025
Last OL update January 18, 2025

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Authors, biography Beauvoir, simone de, 1908-1986 Biographies Biography Childhood and youth Écrivaines françaises Ecrivains franais Écrivains français Ecrivains français. 20e siècle. Biographies Ensaio Frances Feminists French Authors French Women authors Intellectual life Interpersonal relations Philosophers, france Women authors

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