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Bonjour Tristesse

Françoise Sagan

  • 154 pages · about 3 hours
  • First published 1954
  • 96 editions
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1 About this book

The literary sensation of Paris in 1954 was "Bonjour Tristesse," a novel written by an eighteen year, old girl. By 1955 in translation it was offered to American readers. Some found it shocking but here was a talent extraordinary for its maturity of style and its adult perceptiveness of human character.

  • Fathers and daughters
  • Domestic Architecture
  • Revenge
  • Teenage girls
  • First loves
  • Social life and customs
  • Manners and customs
  • Tochter

2 About Françoise Sagan

1935–2004

Françoise Sagan (French:; born Françoise Delphine Quoirez; 21 June 1935 – 24 September 2004) was a French playwright, novelist, and screenwriter. Sagan was known for works with strong romantic themes involving wealthy and disillusioned bourgeois characters. Her best-known novel was her first, Bonjour Tristesse (1954), which was written when she was a teenager.

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