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Witness to My Life: The Letters of Jean-Paul Sartre to Simone de Beauvoir 1926-39

The lifetime intellectual and romantic partnership between Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir is one of the most renowned of the 20th century. Witness to My Life offers unique insight into their remarkable 52-year liaison.

Subject
philosophybiographyhistorypsychology
Themes
philosophy
Setting
20th century
Audience
adult
Length
long · 448 pages
Form
epistolary

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