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 92%
emotional 49%
inspiring 48%
challenging 33%
informative 31%
sad 11%
hopeful 9%
dark 6%
relaxing 6%
tense 6%
funny 4%
adventurous 2%
mysterious 2%
lighthearted 1%

Pace

slow 74%
medium 23%
fast 2%

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