The Mandarins. Simone Beauvoir de

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      This Harper Perennial Modern Classics edition published in 2005

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      Previously published in paperback by Flamingo 1993 (as a Flamingo Modern Classic) and 1984 (reprinted five times)

      First published in France in 1954 by Librairie Gallimard

      under the title Les Mandarins First English translation published in Great Britain by Collins 1957

      Copyright © Librairie Gallimard 1954

      English translation copyright © Collins 1957 Introduction copyright © Doris Lessing 1993 PS section copyright © Jon Butler 2005 except ‘Equals Not Sequels’ by Kathy Lette © Kathy Lette 2005

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