SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR
She Came to Stay
Translated by Yvonne Moyse
and Roger Senhouse
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This edition published by Harper Perennial 2006
Previously published in paperback by Flamingo 1984 and by Fontana 1975
This translation first published jointly by Seeker & Warburg
and Lindsay Drummond 1949
First published in France by Editions Gallimard under the title L’Invitée 1943
Copyright © Editions Gallimard 1943
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Contents
P.S. Ideas, insights & features …
Finding a Voice by Louise Tucker
The Pain of Freedom by Fay Weldon
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Françoise raised her eyes. Gerbert’s fingers were flicking about over the keyboard of his typewriter, and he was glaring at his copy of the manuscript; he looked exhausted. Françoise herself was sleepy; but there was something intimate about her own weariness, something cosy. The black rings under Gerbert’s eyes worried her,