Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter
(Author) Simone de BeauvoirA superb autobiography by one of the great literary figures of the twentieth century, 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. Simone de Beavoir describes her early life, from her birth in Paris in 1908 to her student days at the Sorbonne, where she met Jean-Paul sartre - 'the dream-companion I had longed for since I was fifteen'.
Simone de Beauvoir
Simone de Beauvoir was a French writer and philosopher best known for her seminal work "The Second Sex." Her literary style was characterized by existentialist themes and feminist perspectives. She made significant contributions to literature by challenging societal norms and advocating for gender equality and women's rights.