Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter by Simone de Beauvoir

Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter

Beauvoir's Autobiography #1

Simone de Beauvoir with James Kirkup (Translator)

384 pages first pub 1958 (editions)

nonfiction autobiography feminism memoir philosophy reflective slow-paced

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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 ...

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Moods

reflective 93%
inspiring 44%
emotional 42%
informative 34%
challenging 27%
hopeful 10%
sad 8%
tense 6%
adventurous 4%
dark 4%
lighthearted 4%
relaxing 4%
funny 2%
mysterious 2%

Pace

slow 80%
medium 17%
fast 1%

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