Lettre à Georges Bernanos
A letter written by Simone Weil in response to Georges Bernanos’s les Grands cimetières sous la lune (1938), in which he commented on events he witnessed in Majorca shortly before (1936-37) during the Spanish Civil War.
Réflexions sur la barbarie
A moderately difficult text for French reading practice, this is sketch for an article written by Simone Weil in or around 1939. It gives a very brief overview of “barbarity,” i.e., cruelty, from ancient times to the present.
Réflexions sur la barbarie: Full Translation
French text with complete English translation of this 1939 piece by Simone Weil.
