Huis Clos and Other Plays by Jean-Paul Sartre - ISBN: 9780141184555
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Trapped souls, faith, and conscience: freedom’s struggle in a constricting world.

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  • Paperback

    224 pages

  • Release Date

    21 February 2001

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Summary

These three plays, diverse in subject but thematically coherent, illuminate one of Sartre’s major philosophical concerns - the struggle to live and act freely in a complex and constricting world.

  • Lucifer and the Lord, Sartre’s favourite among his plays, explores this theme in depth, dealing in the process with fundamental questions of faith and disillusionment.
  • In Huis Clos - arguably Sartre’s most important play - he contends that ‘Hel…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780141184555
ISBN-10:0141184558
Author:Jean-Paul Sartre, Kitty Black, Stuart Gilbert
Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint:Penguin Classics
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:224
Release Date:21 February 2001
Weight:170g
Dimensions:197mm x 130mm x 14mm
Series:Penguin Modern Classics
About The Author

Jean-Paul Sartre

Philosopher, novelist, playwright and polemicist, Jean-Paul Sartre is thought to have been the central figure in post-war European culture and political thinking. His most well-known works include THE AGE OF REASON, NAUSEA and IRON IN THE SOUL.

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