num_pages: 212
description: Five linked stories center on young intellectual women in the Paris of the 1930s, as they struggle against and reject the hypocracies and restraints of their society's conventions
language: English
title: When Things of the Spirit Come First
titlecomplete: When Things of the Spirit Come First (English and French Edition)
genres: Classics, France, Feminism, Philosophy, Short Stories, Novels, Literature, French Literature, Fiction, Literary Fiction
ratings_count: 679
publisher: Pantheon Books