Boswell's Life of de Beauvoir

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James Boswell meets Simone de Beauvoir. He gains several lessons in equality as he helps clean her apartment - allowing her to complete her book The Second Sex. Would radical modern feminism have existed without him? Jon Canter’s sitcom sees James Boswell become a time-travelling biographer - doing for other celebrities what he did for Dr Johnson. Boswell ...... Miles Jupp Simone de Beauvoir ...... Amelia Bullmore Producer: Sally Avens First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2018.