Work · Simone de Beauvoir
Letters to Sartre
Two volumes of letters to Sartre document travel, relationships, reading, work and war through private speech.
Understanding the text
Posthumously edited by Sylvie Le Bon de Beauvoir; editorial choices and Sartre's replies remain relevant.
Key points
- 01
Address
Tone belongs to a particular relationship rather than a timeless public declaration.
- 02
Ethics
Descriptions of other people invite scrutiny of emotional asymmetries and ordinary harms.
- 03
Archive
Gaps and preservation determine what remains accessible.
How to read it
Consult dates and annotations; this catalogue has not imported a verified item-level letter table.
Editions & sources
- Consult the reference 1plato.stanford.edunew tab
- Consult the reference 2iep.utm.edunew tab
- Consult the reference 3gallimard.frnew tab
Summaries and key points are original editorial interpretations. They accompany reading the work and do not replace an edition of the text. Editorial method ↗