Simone de Beauvoir





Simone de Beauvoir

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born
January 09, 1908 in Paris, France

died
April 14, 1986

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"Simone de Beauvoir was a French author and philosopher. She wrote novels, monographs on philosophy, politics, and social issues, essays, biographies, and an autobiography. She is now best known for her metaphysical novels, including She Came to Stay and The Mandarins, and for her 1949 treatise The Second Sex, a detailed analysis of women's oppression and a foundational tract of contemporary feminism."

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Average rating: 3.94 · 15,381 ratings · 950 reviews · 105 distinct works
The Second Sex
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3.93 of 5 stars 3.93 avg rating — 6,737 ratings — published 1949 — 47 editions
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Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter
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3.99 of 5 stars 3.99 avg rating — 1,091 ratings — published 1958 — 39 editions
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The Mandarins
4.01 of 5 stars 4.01 avg rating — 945 ratings — published 1954 — 25 editions
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The Ethics of Ambiguity
4.05 of 5 stars 4.05 avg rating — 723 ratings — published 1948 — 7 editions
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The Woman Destroyed
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3.88 of 5 stars 3.88 avg rating — 946 ratings — published 1386 — 26 editions
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All Men are Mortal
3.96 of 5 stars 3.96 avg rating — 839 ratings — published 1974 — 16 editions
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She Came to Stay
3.89 of 5 stars 3.89 avg rating — 748 ratings — published 1943 — 24 editions
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A Very Easy Death
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3.85 of 5 stars 3.85 avg rating — 503 ratings — published 1964 — 24 editions
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The Blood of Others
3.81 of 5 stars 3.81 avg rating — 354 ratings — published 1945 — 15 editions
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Letters to Sartre
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3.97 of 5 stars 3.97 avg rating — 190 ratings — published 1991 — 6 editions
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More books by Simone de Beauvoir…
“I am too intelligent, too demanding, and too resourceful for anyone to be able to take charge of me entirely. No one knows me or loves me completely. I have only myself”
Simone de Beauvoir

“One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman.”
Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex

“In itself, homosexuality is as limiting as heterosexuality: the ideal should be to be capable of loving a woman or a man; either, a human being, without feeling fear, restraint, or obligation.”
Simone de Beauvoir

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