Nausea by Jean-Paul Sartre

Nausea

Jean-Paul Sartre

178 pages • first pub 1938 (view editions)

fiction classics philosophy challenging dark reflective slow-paced
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Through the slow-turning pages of a private journal, a solitary writer in France confronts the unsettling weight of existence itself.
For introspective thinkers.

Description

Antoine Roquentin, a thirty-five-year-old bachelor lives alone in Bouville, an imaginary town that recalls Havre. He is working on a book about the life of the late Marquis of Rollebon, an aristocrat of the late eighteenth century, and living off ...

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Community Reviews

3.8
based on 9,081 reviews

Moods

reflective: 87%

dark: 59%

challenging: 50%

sad: 26%

emotional: 25%

tense: 18%

mysterious: 14%

inspiring: 7%

informative: 5%

funny: 3%

hopeful: 3%

adventurous: 2%

relaxing: 1%

Pace

3% of readers chose fast
29% of readers chose medium
67% of readers chose slow
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Plot or character driven?

2% of readers chose A mix
93% of readers chose Character
2% of readers chose N/A
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Strong character development?

30% of readers chose Yes
48% of readers chose Complicated
19% of readers chose No
1% of readers chose N/A
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Loveable characters?

7% of readers chose Yes
33% of readers chose Complicated
55% of readers chose No
2% of readers chose N/A
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Diverse cast of characters?

4% of readers chose Yes
7% of readers chose Complicated
81% of readers chose No
6% of readers chose N/A
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Complicated
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Flaws of characters a main focus?

77% of readers chose Yes
17% of readers chose Complicated
3% of readers chose No
1% of readers chose N/A
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