French author Simone de Beauvoir's tragic teenage love story is finally published

French writer Simone de Beauvoir thought the book 'Les Inseparables' was 'too intimate' to publish during her lifetime. Photo: AFP

A tragic love story that Simone de Beauvoir thought "too intimate" to publish during her lifetime has finally see the light of day, 34 years after her death.

The great feminist writer recounts her teenage crush in Les Inseparables, the story of a "passionate and tragic friendship between two rebellious young girls."