The Woman Destroyed

Pantheon Modern Writers Series

Three stories deal with a husband's adultry, a son's adoption of his wife's worldly attitudes, and a lonely, wealthy woman home alone on New Year's Eve.

One of the most influential thinkers of her generation draws us into the lives of three women, all past their first youth, all facing unexpected crises in these three ?immensely intelligent stories about the decay of passion? (The Sunday Herald Times).

Suffused with de Beauvoir?s remarkable insights into women, The Woman Destroyed gives us a legendary writer at her best. Includes The Age of Discretion, The Monologue, and The Woman Destroyed.