Description
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewPraise for past volumes of the
Diary “This indispensable volume offers a panorama of Beauvoir's intellectual preoccupations. The translators and editors are to be applauded for producing such a valuable contribution to Beauvoir studies.”--French Studies
“This diary increases our admiration for Beauvoir's heroic determination to make something of herself. A precious document.”--Bookforum
“This is a truly remarkable book, and a significant contribution to Beauvoir scholarship. Barbara Klaw’s excellent translation provides unique access to the formative years of one of the twentieth century's great philosophers, authors, and public intellectuals.”--Tove Pettersen, President of the International Simone de Beauvoir Society
Table of ContentsForeword to the Beauvoir Series
Sylvie Le Bon de Beauvoir
Preface
Margaret A. Simons
Acknowledgments
Reading Beauvoir’s 1926–30 Student Diary as Adventures in Literary Creation
Barbara Klaw
Beauvoir and #MeToo
Margaret A. Simons
Third Notebook: December 7, 1926–April 15, 1927
Simone de Beauvoir
Fifth Notebook: October 31, 1927–August 30, 1928
Simone de Beauvoir
Seventh Notebook: September 15, 1929–October 31, 1930
Simone de Beauvoir
Bibliography
Index
