The Woman Destroyed [Paperback]

One of the most influential thinkers of her generation draws us into the lives of three women, all past their first youth, all facing unexpected crises in these three “immensely intelligent stories about the decay of passion” (The Sunday Herald Times).

Suffused with de Beauvoir’s remarkable insights into women, The Woman Destroyed gives us a legendary writer at her best. Includes The Age of Discretion, The Monologue, and The Woman Destroyed.

Witty, immensely adroit...These three women are believable individuals presented with a wry mixture of sympathy and exasperation. —The AtlanticTHE AGE OF DISCRETION  •  9

THE MONOLOGUE  •  87

THE WOMAN DESTROYED  •  121 Witty, immensely adroit ... These three women are believable individuals presented with a wry mixture of sympathy and exasperation.
—The Atlantic

A remarkable feat of empathy.
—The Times Literary Supplement

Brilliant craftsmanship.  
—Harper'sSIMONE DE BEAUVOIR was born in Paris in 1908. In 1929 she became the youngest person ever to obtain the agrégation in philosophy at the Sorbonne, placing second on the exam to Jean-Paul Sartre. She taught at lycées in Marseille and Rousen from 1931 to 1937, and in Paris from 1938 to 1943. After World War II, she emerged as one of the leaders of the existentialist movement, working with Sartre on Les Temps Modernes. The author of many acclaimed works, de Beauvoir was one of the most inl³+