Simone de Beauvoir's 'remarkable' letters to Violette Leduc sold at auction Previous press News List Next press Wednesday, Dec 16, 2020 Almost 300 letters, mostly unpublished, from the influential feminist thinker Simone de Beauvoir to the French novelist Violette Leduc, including The Second Sex author’s rejection of her friend’s romantic advances, have sold for €56,700 (£51,500). Click here for the rest of the article.