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Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter - (Perennial Classics) by Simone De Beauvoir (Paperback)

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Highlights

  • "A book that will leave no one indifferent, and no one affected in quite the same way.
  • Author(s): Simone De Beauvoir
  • 384 Pages
  • Biography + Autobiography, Philosophers
  • Series Name: Perennial Classics

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About the Book



This translation originally published: World Publishing Co., 1959.



Book Synopsis



"A book that will leave no one indifferent, and no one affected in quite the same way." --New York Times

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.

Beauvoir 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.



From the Back Cover



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.



Review Quotes




"It is a book that will leave no one indifferent, and no one affected in quite the same way." -- New York Times

"[Beauvoir's] graciously written memoirs carry distinct appeal in recording the emotional and intellectual birth pangs of a fascinating woman." -- Time magazine

"This excellent autobiography . . . of the bending of the twig is, in certain respects, more sympathetic than the later leafings of the tree; but the line between the child Simone and the woman of The Second Sex and The Mandarins is direct and clear." -- Chicago Sunday Times

"This is perhaps the best piece of writing Mlle. de Beauvoir has yet done; the translator does it justice." -- Saturday Review


Dimensions (Overall): 8.1 Inches (H) x 5.3 Inches (W) x 1.0 Inches (D)
Weight: .7 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 384
Genre: Biography + Autobiography
Sub-Genre: Philosophers
Series Title: Perennial Classics
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Format: Paperback
Author: Simone De Beauvoir
Language: English
Street Date: August 2, 2005
TCIN: 54268286
UPC: 9780060825195
Item Number (DPCI): 248-42-3402
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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