First published in 1988, The Novels of Simone de Beauvoir concentrates specifically on the novels of the famous 20th Century French writer, Simone de Beauvoir. Her novels are popular with both the students and general readers of literature and philosophy, and they will welcome this authoritative introduction to Beauvoir's fiction. The author examines Beauvoir's choice of narrative strategies and interprets them both in relation to the sexual politics of writing and in relation to the place which the constraints of history, class and gender increasingly play in the texts. All quotations are translated.

Elizabeth Fallaize, University of Birmingham.

Preface Key to Abbreviations Introduction 1. The Radicalisations of Simone de Beauvoir 2. She Came to Stay 3. The Blood of Others 4. All Men Are Mortal 5. The Mandarins 6. Les Belles Images 7. The Short Story Cycles: When Things of the Spirit Come First and The Woman Destroyed 8. Points of Departure Bibliographical Notes Bibliography Index