She Came to Stay
She Came to Stay is Simone de Beauvoir's first novel, published in French as L'Invitée by Gallimard in Paris in 1943. It fictionalises her and Jean-Paul Sartre's relationships with Olga and Wanda Kosakiewicz. The first UK edition came from Secker & Warburg in 1949.
- Editions tracked
- 2
- First edition
- Gallimard, 1943
- First published
- Gallimard, Paris, 1943
- First UK edition
- Secker & Warburg, 1949
The first edition of She Came to Stay by Simone de Beauvoir was published in Paris by Gallimard in 1943. We track 2 editions.
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- Paris (World War II)
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- Editions recorded
- 35 on Open Library, 12 in English
- Wikipedia
- Articles in 11 languages
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Who published the first edition of She Came to Stay?
The first edition of She Came to Stay by Simone de Beauvoir was published in Paris by Gallimard in 1943.
How many editions of She Came to Stay are there?
We track 2 editions of She Came to Stay, including 1 first edition. Each has its own page with how to identify it.
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- She Came to Stay editions, Open Library (openlibrary.org)
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