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Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter by Simone de Beauvoir (2005, Trade Paperback)

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PublisherHarperCollins

ISBN-100060825197

ISBN-139780060825195

eBay Product ID (ePID)45599542

Product Key Features

Book TitleMemoirs of a Dutiful Daughter

Number of Pages384 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2005

TopicWomen, Personal Memoirs, Dysfunctional Families, Interpersonal Relations

GenreFamily & Relationships, Biography & Autobiography, Psychology

AuthorSimone De Beauvoir

Book SeriesPerennial Classics Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.9 in

Item Weight11 Oz

Item Length8 in

Item Width5.3 in

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ReviewsThis 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., [Beauvoir's] graciously written memoirs carry distinct appeal in recording the emotional and intellectual birth pangs of a fascinating woman., "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 "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, This is perhaps the best piece of writing Mlle. de Beauvoir has yet done; the translator does it justice., "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

Dewey Edition21

Dewey Decimal843.914

SynopsisA 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., "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., "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.