(adjective) putting an end to or precluding a rig…
The Mandarins
by
Simone de Beauvoir
Aug. 24, 2025 - Aug. 29, 2025
(fiction, new-favorites, women-and-their-dilemmas, worth-rereading)
de Beauvoir, S. (1999). The Mandarins. W. W. Norton & Company.
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peremptory »
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carillon »
(noun) a set of fixed chromatically tuned bells s…
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expiate »
atone for (guilt or sin)
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'I get the impression that she's living on two di…
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I was astonished at how little she understood me,…
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'Oh, I know what it is to be harried by one's wor…
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For days on end I listened unflinchingly to the a…
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[...] They weren't the same streets. Then, they g…