Edition: Mass Market Paperback
Binding: Softcover-Good
Publisher: Le Livre De Poche, Paris
Date Published: 1969
Description: Fair to Good (some notes). No Jacket. Mass Market Drama Foreign Language: Two plays by Sartre in a French language edition. In ok shape except for some lightly penciled notes. read more
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Appleton-Century-Crofts
Date Published: 1962
Description: VG+ Used, Like New in VG+ jacket. SOFT COVER, VG+/VG+, Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1962, 4.5 oz. This copy has very minimal signs of use, appears to have been very lightly read, is in Excellent Condition Overall. Note: expect tanning of any paperback more than a few years old, regardless of condition. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: New York, Appleton-Century-Crofts, Meredith (
Date Published: 1962)
Description: Edited by Jacques Hardre and George Daniel, with questions and a select French-to-English vocabulary. Text in FRENCH. 110 pages. Softcover. Condition: very good (owner note on blank page). read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Date Published: 1962-05-11
ISBN-13:9780134446790ISBN:0134446798
Description: Very Good Plus. No jacket. Tight, clean, flat, square and sharp book. Wraps bent. Owner's name. French language with select phrases translated on the opposite page. Ample room for notes. read more
Description: Acceptable. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Paperback reprint. Edited by Jacques Hardre and George B. Daniel. Owner name crossed out on the first blank, occasional pencil and pen notation, rear panel creased, "used" label on the spine, overall a very good copy with sound binding. A nice student copy, with a glossary and numerous printed notes for English speakers studying French literature. read more
Description: Very Good. 2218019043 Condition: VERY GOOD. (Book may have one or a combination of the following characteristics: former library book, cover wear, name written inside cover, light underlining/highlighting, remainder mark, etc. Overall, the book is in solid shape. This is a blanket description. Please e us if you require a specific, detailed description of the book condition. We will typically respond within one week of your request). read more
Description: Acceptable. Ships from the UK. Former Library book. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Your purchase also supports literacy charities. read more
Description: Acceptable. Ships from the UK. Former Library book. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Your purchase also supports literacy charities. read more
Edition: F
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: London: Horizon, 1945.
Description: Limited edition, this is #299 of 500 copies. First separate appearance of Sartre's most famous play. This was Karl Shapiro's copy which has his signature on front end paper. Small bookstore sticker on back inside lower cover, light soiling, otherwise about near fine wraps as issued. read more
Edition: Printing Not Stated
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Gallimard, France
Date Published: 1947
Description: Very Good. No Jacket. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. Very Good. Printing Not Stated. Small Trade Paperback, 190 pages. Language is French. Binding is solid; no spine crease; slight crease along spine edge of front cover; slight edge wear; slight rub to corner tips; underlining to "Huis Clos', none to 'Les Mouches'; dog ear to one page; age tanning, pages are not brittle; no owner information, gift messages, store stamps, remaimder marks, stains, or moisture damage. Will gift wrap, no charge, just ... read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Collection Folio, New York
Date Published: 1972
Description: Good/Wraps. . Small trade paperback, good condition, w. ltly tanned, ltly rubbed wraps, sme lt marks. Lt stains at sp. Ltly bumped corners. Smwht tanned p. edges, ins wraps, pp. O/w cln, tight, unmarked. read more
"To be fair, we only read No Exit. No one ever reads The Flies in high school English, though.
No Exit drove me, and I am sure, countless other 15-year-olds to discover that everything they believed could be boiled down to some kind of accessible existentialism. I never read any Nietzsche and I didn't get into any Camus until two years later, but the idea that we are all responsible for what we do- not a God who, if he existed, has abandoned us- and not taking responsibility is the worst sin anyone can commit? This spoke to a very deep and angsty part of me. I didn't know it at the time, but this play did so much for shaping my belief system and giving a language to what I felt. On some level, I am still a snotty 15 year old who feels like a fairly shallow reading of a pretty fantastic play can summarize this feeling that I have had for most of my life while still not requiring me to look any further. It's kind of all I needed."
"A wonderful, brief, entertaining play that's brilliantly misanthropic and hysterical all at the same time. Sartre coins the phrase, "Hell is other people" and this phrase, while also summing up a philosophy, ironically sums up the plot, as well.
Meet Garcin. He's dead. And in hell. And he's joined soon by Inez and Estelle. Both are also dead. And in hell. Garcin asks the valet (because hell has some services apparently) when the torturer will arrive. And thus the long joke of the drama begins: we don't need a torturer because we have each other!
The characters are wonderfully fleshed out and interesting. Although the drama is extremely brief, the characters feel real and developed, and as the drama progresses, the reader learns more about the reasons why each character is in hell and a little more of their personal story."
"I first read this play in high school, and I might not have read it since.
Years later, I still enjoy Sartre's portrayal of people in a hell that consists only "other people" and their refusal to leave their crowded little room. Each of them needs something from one of the others, forming a vicious triangle of love and hate that never will be satisfied. When given the chance to leave the room - into a blinding light of unknown consequence - their need and fear root them.
It's a great play about a miserable situation, and is worth re-reading."
"I read several of the plays in this book, and enjoyed them all. No Exit is definitely thought-provoking, and was discussed with my book club. Its interesting to get an existential interpretation of Hell. I'd say its worth a read, plus its short.
Respectful Prostitute. I found this play interesting and frustrating. A story about racial tensions, class divisions, and "patriotism", this play will both arouse pity and annoyance towards the characters. Its kind of like the play Chicago where you hate the corruption that is revealed, but you know that stuff really goes on...
The Flies. This is not Euripides' Orestes! About the avenging of Agammemnon's death by Orestes, this play raises good questions about guilt and human freedom (in a Neitzschean sort of way). Definitely a good read if you've read the original Orestes."
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