She Came to Stay
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| - | {{Template}}In [[1943]], [[Simone de Beauvoir]] published ''She Came to Stay'', a fictionalized chronicle of her and Sartre's relationship with [[Olga Kosakiewicz]] and [[Wanda Kosakiewicz]]. Olga was one of her students in the Rouen secondary school where she taught during the early 30s. She grew fond of Olga. Sartre tried to pursue Olga but she denied him; he began a relationship with her sister Wanda instead. Sartre supported Olga for years until she met and married her husband, Beauvoir's lover [[Jacques-Laurent Bost]]. At Sartre's death, he still supported Wanda. In the novel, Olga and Wanda are made into one character with whom fictionalized versions of Beauvoir and Sartre have a ''[[ménage à trois]]''. The novel also delves into Beauvoir and Sartre's complex relationship and how it was affected by the ''[[ménage à trois]]''. | + | {| class="toccolours" style="float: left; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 2em; font-size: 85%; background:#c6dbf7; color:black; width:30em; max-width: 40%;" cellspacing="5" |
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| + | "[[Each consciousness pursues the death of the other]]" -- [[Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel|Hegel]]'s ''[[The Phenomenology of Spirit]]'' cited in the French edition of ''[[She Came to Stay]]'' | ||
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| + | '''''She Came to Stay''''' (French, '''''L'Invitée''''') is a novel written by French author [[Simone de Beauvoir]] first published in 1943. The novel is a fictional account of her and [[Jean-Paul Sartre]]'s relationship with [[Olga Kosakiewicz]] and [[Wanda Kosakiewicz]]. | ||
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| + | ==Plot== | ||
| + | Set in Paris on the eve of and during [[World War II]], the novel revolves around Françoise, whose open relationship with her partner Pierre becomes strained when they form a [[ménage à trois]] with her younger friend Xaviere. The novel explores many [[existentialist]] concepts such as freedom, [[angst]], and [[the other]]. | ||
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| + | ==Characters== | ||
| + | * Françoise – considered to be Simone de Beauvoir | ||
| + | * Pierre – considered to be Jean-Paul Sartre | ||
| + | * Xaviere – considered to be a character combining elements of both Olga and Wanda Kosakiewicz | ||
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| + | ==See also== | ||
| + | *[[Simone de Beauvoir]] | ||
| + | *[[The Mandarins]] | ||
| + | *[[The Second Sex]] | ||
| + | *[[Jean-Paul Sartre]] | ||
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She Came to Stay (French, L'Invitée) is a novel written by French author Simone de Beauvoir first published in 1943. The novel is a fictional account of her and Jean-Paul Sartre's relationship with Olga Kosakiewicz and Wanda Kosakiewicz.
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Set in Paris on the eve of and during World War II, the novel revolves around Françoise, whose open relationship with her partner Pierre becomes strained when they form a ménage à trois with her younger friend Xaviere. The novel explores many existentialist concepts such as freedom, angst, and the other.
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Characters
- Françoise – considered to be Simone de Beauvoir
- Pierre – considered to be Jean-Paul Sartre
- Xaviere – considered to be a character combining elements of both Olga and Wanda Kosakiewicz
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See also
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