The Second Sex

Download or read book The Second Sex written by Simone De Beauvoir and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2012-02-15 with total page 836 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The essential masterwork that has provoked and inspired generations of men and women. “From Eve’s apple to Virginia Woolf’s room of her own, Beauvoir’s treatise remains an essential rallying point, urging self-sufficiency and offering the fruit of knowledge.” —Vogue This unabridged edition reinstates significant portions of the original French text that were cut in the first English translation. Vital and groundbreaking, Beauvoir’s pioneering and impressive text remains as pertinent today as when it was first published, and will continue to provoke and inspire generations of men and women to come.