The Prime of Life: The Second Volume of Her Autobiography by Simone de Beauvoir

The Prime of Life: The Second Volume of Her Autobiography

Beauvoir's Autobiography #2

Simone de Beauvoir with Peter Green (Translator)

608 pages first pub 1960 (editions)

nonfiction biography memoir philosophy informative reflective slow-paced
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The second volume in Simone de Beauvoir's autobiography. In it she continues the story of her life from the age of 21, through the uneasy rebellious 30s, the war years and finally to the liberation of Paris in 1944.

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Moods

inspiring 83%
reflective 83%
challenging 66%
dark 66%
informative 66%
hopeful 50%
emotional 33%
adventurous 16%
sad 16%
tense 16%

Pace

slow 71%
fast 14%
medium 14%

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