She Came to Stay

She Came to Stay (French, L'Invitée)[1] 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.

[1][2][3] 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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