Mémoires d'une jeune fille rangée (2005)
Mémoires d'une jeune fille rangée is a 2005 French-language intellectual life book written by Simone de Beauvoir.
A superb autobiography by one of the great literary figures of the twentieth century, Simone de Beauvoir's Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter offers an intimate picture of growing up in a bourgeois French family, rebelling as an adolescent against the conventional expectations of her class, and striking out on her own with an intellectual and existential ambition exceedingly rare in a young woman in the 1920s.
She vividly evokes her friendships, love interests, mentors, and the early days of the most important relationship of her life, with fellow student Jean-Paul Sartre, against the backdrop of a turbulent political time.
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What is Mémoires d'une jeune fille rangée about?
A superb autobiography by one of the great literary figures of the twentieth century, Simone de Beauvoir's Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter offers an intimate picture of growing up in a bourgeois French family, rebelling as an adolescent against the conventional expectations of her class, and striking out on her own with an intellectual and existential ambition exceedingly rare in a young woman in the 1920s. She vividly evokes her friendships, love interests, mentors, and the early days of the most important relationship of her life, with fellow student Jean-Paul Sartre, against the backdrop of a turbulent political time.
When was Mémoires d'une jeune fille rangée published?
Mémoires d'une jeune fille rangée was published on 2 August 2005.
Who made Mémoires d'une jeune fille rangée?
Mémoires d'une jeune fille rangée was written by Simone de Beauvoir.