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Memoirs of a dutiful daughter

by Simone de Beauvoir, James Kirkup

This autobiography details growing up in a bourgeois French family, rebelling against conventional expectations in the 1920s, and pursuing an intellectual career. It also chronicles early friendships and the beginning of a lifelong relationship with Jean-Paul Sartre.

Accession 17814 ISBN 9780141185330 Publisher Penguin
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