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Simone de Beauvoir

Born

in Paris, France

January 09, 1908

Died

April 14, 1986

Genre

Literature & Fiction, Nonfiction, Politics

Influences

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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 · 224,601 ratings · 23,089 reviews · 423 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir, H.M. Parshley (Translator & Editor), Deirdre Bair (Introduction) 4.18 avg rating — 46,845 ratings — published 1949 — 97 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) 4.01 avg rating — 44,218 ratings — published 1967 — 180 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 — 26,605 ratings — published 2020	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 — 18,205 ratings — published 1958 — 27 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 — 14,007 ratings — published 1964 — 11 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 4.17 avg rating — 7,973 ratings — published 1947 — 64 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
	All Men Are Mortal 4.12 avg rating — 7,499 ratings — published 1946 — 83 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 4.19 avg rating — 6,384 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 4.21 avg rating — 6,022 ratings — published 1949 — 73 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 — 5,550 ratings — published 1943 — 10 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

4.19 avg rating — 54,509 ratings

Les Mandarins (2 books)
by

Simone de Beauvoir,

سيمون دي بوفوار,

ماري طوق (translator)

4.18 avg rating — 1,147 ratings

Lettres a Sartre (3 books)
by

Simone de Beauvoir

4.03 avg rating — 829 ratings

The Beauvoir Series (7 books)
by

Simone de Beauvoir,

Margaret A. Simons (Editor),

Margaret Simons (Editor)

4.07 avg rating — 337 ratings

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

3.87 avg rating — 68 ratings

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