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Simone de Beauvoir

Born

in Paris, France

January 09, 1908

Died

April 14, 1986

Genre

Literature & Fiction, Nonfiction, Politics

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Works of Simone de Beauvoir, French writer, existentialist, and feminist, include The Second Sex in 1949 and The Coming of Age , a study in 1970 of views of different cultures on the old.

Simone de Beauvoir, an author and philosopher, wrote novels, monographs, political and social issues, essays, biographies, and an autobiography. People now best know She Came to Stay and The Mandarins , her metaphysical novels. Her treatise, a foundational contemporary tract, of 1949 detailed analysis of oppression of women.
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Average rating: 4.07 · 219,164 ratings · 22,333 reviews · 419 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir, H.M. Parshley (Translator & Editor), Deirdre Bair (Introduction) 4.18 avg rating — 46,245 ratings — published 1949 — 279 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Woman Destroyed by Simone de Beauvoir, Patrick O'Brian (Translator) 4.02 avg rating — 42,648 ratings — published 1967 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Inseparable by Simone de Beauvoir, Sandra Smith (Translator), Margaret Atwood (Goodreads Author) (Introduction) 4.09 avg rating — 25,726 ratings — published 2020 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter by Simone de Beauvoir, James Kirkup (Translator) 4.12 avg rating — 17,950 ratings — published 1958 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Very Easy Death 4.06 avg rating — 13,497 ratings — published 1964 — 143 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Ethics of Ambiguity 4.18 avg rating — 7,840 ratings — published 1947	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	All Men Are Mortal 4.12 avg rating — 7,330 ratings — published 1946 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Mandarins by Simone de Beauvoir, Leonard M. Friedman (Translator) 4.19 avg rating — 6,303 ratings — published 1954 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Le deuxième sexe, I 4.22 avg rating — 5,902 ratings — published 1949 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	She Came to Stay 3.88 avg rating — 5,464 ratings — published 1943 — 32 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Simone de Beauvoir

Le deuxième sexe (2 books)
by

Simone de Beauvoir

4.18 avg rating — 53,765 ratings

Les Mandarins (2 books)
by

Simone de Beauvoir,

سيمون دي بوفوار,

ماري طوق (translator)

4.18 avg rating — 1,136 ratings

Lettres a Sartre (3 books)
by

Simone de Beauvoir

4.03 avg rating — 821 ratings

The Beauvoir Series (7 books)
by

Simone de Beauvoir,

Margaret A. Simons (Editor),

Margaret Simons (Editor)

4.07 avg rating — 330 ratings

Simone de Beauvoir: omaelämänkerta (8 books)
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Simone de Beauvoir

3.86 avg rating — 64 ratings

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