num_pages: 404
description: Set in Paris on the eve of World War II, this novel explores the soul of a woman, Francoise, who has opened her relationship with her lover to include other lovers and fallen prey to the claws of jealousy.
language: English
title: She Came to Stay
titlecomplete: She Came to Stay
characters: Gerbert (She Came to Stay), Elisabeth (She Came to Stay), Pierre (She Came to Stay), Xavière (She Came to Stay), Françoise (She Came to Stay)
genres: France, Fiction, Philosophy, Literature, Womens, Modern Classics, French Literature, Feminism, Novels, Classics
ratings_count: 4635
places: Paris
publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc