BOOKS by Simone de Beauvoir

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1	The Second Sex more books like this by Simone de Beauvoir add to wishlist This triumphant and genuinely revolutionary book began as an exceptional woman's attempt to find out who and what she was. It ended up shocking, infuriating, and galvanizing millions of readers and dramatically revising the way women talk and think about themselves. Forty years later, it retains all of its vitality and passion. see all copies from £5.07! new only from £10.52! \| signed copies \| first editions
2	The Ethics of Ambiguity more books like this by Simone de Beauvoir, Simone de Beauvoir add to wishlist Simone de Beauvoir, novelist, dramatist, and philosopher, was the most distinguished woman writer in modern France. A leading exponent of French existentialism, her work complements, though it is independent of, that of Jean-Paul Sartre. In "The Ethics of Ambiguity," Madame de Beauvoir penetrates at once to the central ethical problems of modern ... see all copies from £3.61! new only from £7.77! \| first editions
3	Mandarins, the more books like this by Simone de Beauvoir add to wishlist De Beauvoir's 1954 novel, winner of the Goncourt Prize, examines the postwar lives of a group of French intellectuals who were members of the resistance during the Second World War. Although de Beauvoir denied this, the novel seems rather obviously to be a roman à clef featuring herself, as well as Sartre, Camus, and others. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £10.84! \| signed copies \| first editions
4	Very Easy Death more books like this by Beauvoir add to wishlist In this work Simone De Beauvoir records her mother's death from cancer. It shows the agonies of "a very easy death", the clinical humiliations of a proud woman, and the unforeseen flashes of love and hostility at the bedside. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £4.41! \| first editions
5	The second sex more books like this by Simone de Beauvoir add to wishlist "One is not born a woman, one becomes one"--this is the main theme of de Beauvoir's classic 1949 study of the status of women, in which she attempts to show how simply being born female affects a woman's life and choices. The book counsels women not to passively accept their lot, but to pursue meaningful work, and to fight the status of "second ... see all copies from £1.77! new only from £8.55! \| signed copies \| first editions
6	Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter more books like this by Simone de Beauvoir add to wishlist This volume of de Beauvoir's autobiography, published in 1958, traces the life of its author from a small, sensitive, and aware child to the giant of French letters that she became, is considered one of her finest works. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £10.27! \| first editions
7	America Day by Day more books like this by Simone de Beauvoir, Carol Cosman (Translator), Douglas G Brinkley (Foreword by) add to wishlist Beauvoir's four-month trip to America in 1947 is chronicled in these journal entries. She travels across the country, meets her lover Nelson Algren in Chicago, visits American universities, and responds to the American landscape with enthusiasm. see all copies from £5.57! new only from £23.47! \| first editions
8	She Came to Stay more books like this by Simone de Beauvoir add to wishlist Set in Paris on the eve of World War II and sizzling with love, anger, and revenge, "She Came to Stay" explores the changes wrought in the soul of a woman and a city soon to fall. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £7.47! \| first editions
9	Coming of Age more books like this by Simone de Beauvoir, Simone de Beauvoir add to wishlist Simone de Beauvoir, as an aging woman, reflects insightfully on her state, on aging in general, and on the implications of society's attitude toward the elderly. see all copies from £5.57! new only from £7.93! \| first editions
10	All Men Are Mortal by Simone De Beauvoir, Simone de Beauvoir add to wishlist When the beautiful, ambitious actress Regina takes Fosca into her life and learns his amazing truth, she is obsessed with the thought that in his memory her performances will live for ever. But, as he recounts the story of his existence over more than six centuries, as she learns of his involvement in some of the most significant events in history ... see all copies from £3.99! new only from £8.51! \| first editions
11 view cover	A Transatlantic Love Affair: Letters to Nelson Algren more books like this by Simone de Beauvoir, Simo De Bealivoir, Simone de Beauvoir add to wishlist In 1947, Simone de Beauvoir met Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Nelson Algren in Chicago. The two fell in love and began an affair that was to act itself out over 20 years and several continents. This is the first published collection of more than 300 of de Beauvoir's love letters (written in English) to Algren. see all copies from £5.57! new only from £6.80! \| first editions
12 view cover	Woman Destroyed, the more books like this by Simone de Beauvoir add to wishlist By the world-famous writer and feminist Simone de Beauvoir, here are three moving stories which eloquently express her understanding of women and the crises they face in mid-life. see all copies from £5.15! new only from £9.89! \| first editions
13	Second Sex V227 more books like this by Simone de Beauvoir, Simone de Beauvoir add to wishlist "One is not born a woman, one becomes one"--this is the main theme of de Beauvoir's classic 1949 study of the status of women, in which she attempts to show how simply being born female affects a woman's life and choices. The book counsels women not to passively accept their lot, but to pursue meaningful work, and to fight the status of "second ... see all copies from £5.57! new only from £10.05! \| first editions
14	Adieux: A Farewell to Sartre more books like this by Simone de Beauvoir, Simone de Beauvoir add to wishlist see all copies from £1.24! new only from £8.99! \| first editions
15 view cover	Letters to Sartre more books like this by Simone de Beauvoir, Quintin Hoare (Editor) add to wishlist Letters between de Beauvoir and her friend/lover/mentor Jean-Paul Sartre. see all copies from £5.57! new only from £44.17!
16 view cover	The blood of others more books like this by Simone de Beauvoir add to wishlist Jean Blomart, privileged bourgeois turned patriot leader against the Nazi Occupation, waits through the endless night for his lover Helene to die. Flashbacks interweave the stories of both their lives until, with dawn approaching, Jean faces a monumental decision. see all copies from £5.57! new only from £106.36!
17	The Blood of Others more books like this by Simone de Beauvoir, Yvonne Moyse (Translator), Roger Senhouse (Translator) add to wishlist see all copies from £3.06! new only from £65.61! \| first editions
18	Les Belles images more books like this by Simone de Beauvoir add to wishlist see all copies from £4.99! new only from £35.38! \| first editions
19 view cover	The Long March: An Account of Modern China more books like this by Simone de Beauvoir, Austryn Wainhouse (Translator) add to wishlist Of this book, Simone de Beauvoir said, 'I have tried to evaluate all the knowledge gained at first-hand, by actually seeing places and talking with people, in terms of China's past and in the perspective of the changes to come in the future. Only when one grasps its future does this country become clear - neither a paradise nor an infernal ant ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £1.24! \| first editions
20	The Prime of Life: The Autobiography of Simone de Beauvoir more books like this by Simone de Beauvoir, Simone de Beauvoir, Peter Green (Translator) add to wishlist De Beauvoir's autobiographical account of the years 1929-1944 covers the beginning stages of her love affair with Sartre. This 1960 volume is an important feminist text as well as a glimpse into this pivotal writer's life. see all copies from £8.36!
21	Les Mandarins more books like this by Simone de Beauvoir, Simone de Beauvoir add to wishlist De Beauvoir's 1954 novel, winner of the Goncourt Prize, examines the postwar lives of a group of French intellectuals who were members of the resistance during the Second World War. Although de Beauvoir denied this, the novel seems rather obviously to be a roman à clef featuring herself, as well as Sartre, Camus, and others. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £12.07!
22	The mandarins more books like this by Simone de Beauvoir add to wishlist see all copies from £1.24! new only from £6.96! \| signed copies \| first editions
23 view cover	Adieux: A Farewell to Sartre more books like this by Simone de Beauvoir, Patrick O'Brian (Translator) add to wishlist see all copies from £7.43! new only from £13.57! \| first editions
24	La Femme Rompue more books like this by Simone de Beauvoir add to wishlist see all copies from £2.46! new only from £9.87! \| first editions
25 view cover	Belles Images more books like this by Simone de Beauvoir add to wishlist see all copies from £1.24! new only from £1.24!

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