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Bonjour Tristesse by Françoise Sagan (Book Analysis) : Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide

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This engaging summary presents an analysis of Bonjour Tristesse by Françoise Sagan, which centres around Cécile, a teenage girl who lives a carefree and hedonistic life with her widowed father Raymond. The novel narrates the events of one summer, in which a series of unexpected occurrences force Cécile to confront a difficult choice between her shallow and frivolous lifestyle and the responsibilities of adulthood. Sagan wrote Bonjour Tristesse at the age of just 18, and the novel brought her immediate success and fame. It is still widely read and studied in France today and remains her best-known work, although she wrote a number of other novels, as well as plays, film scripts, short stories and nonfiction.

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